Introduction


For thousands of years humanity has relentlessly searched for clues and answers to mystical questions regarding both natural and supernatural forces that shape the environment and the lives of all within the sphere of their radiant influence(s).  During the past two centuries, there has been an explosion of knowledge in the area of scientific discovery.  Alarming challenges now manifesting themselves defy both ethical and religious reasoning.  The world as never before must face the reality of having to manage contrived forces of power that have the inherent potential to alter and destroy all life and its continued existence on planet earth.

When we look at mankind’s relentless endeavors to invent and discover such things as the hydrogen bomb, germ warfare, manipulation of the human genome and fetal cloning, as a society we must ask ourselves, “Are we fully capable of measuring both quantitatively and qualitatively the long-term consequences of our actions on the fragility of life itself and the surrounding environment?"  All of which, resulting from misguided scientific fabrications essentially, should be considered knowledge of forbidden acquisition.

Today mankind's scientific thirst for discovery spins out of control like a maddening whirlwind, for which there seems to be little time or regard for the wisdom and guidance of the Almighty God, who is the creator of all things.  Thus, science under the influence of its own persuasion and direction is in a relentless rush to 'reverse engineer' what God created eons ago.  Apostle Paul confronted this same contrary spirit centuries earlier when he declared, "...avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:" (1 Tim. 6:20).  To this end, the sinful assaulting behavior of humanity in their relentless efforts to create and sustain a higher quality of life, for and by themselves, without any respect or reference to God and His commandments, have catapulted the world to the very limits of God’s patience.  In doing so, this generation is now standing on the edge of the abyss as the one most likely, in all of human history, to see and experience God’s foretold and forthcoming wrath.

With such forces and conditions accelerating at an alarming rate, it would seem we are approaching a depressing and hopeless time for all mankind.  For the Godless and the unsaved, this is a resounding inevitable fact.  However, such is not the case for those who are born again believers in Yeshua, Jesus.  For all those who are washed in the Blood of the Lamb, and who keep the faith, these are prophetic signs of our Lord Yeshua’s soon return. 
Meanwhile, Christians should reach out with a sense of urgency to those that are lost and prepare for our Lord's joyous appearing with a sober understanding of what is to transpire next.  Following the rapture of the Church there will be a time of Hell on earth that has never existed since the foundation of the world...especially for the Jews.  "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." (Matthew 24:21)

As we study the following body of information, we must realize that God has given to His children, His Spirit and His Word.  As such, they have a simplified understanding of His 'Plan of Salvation' and what the abolition of sin will actually entail.

All those who have any knowledge of Scripture know God has always shared with His people prophetic signs and revelations foretelling His intensions of impending events.  While Christians may not know the actual day or hour of these coming events, they certainly can comprehend the signs of the forthcoming season.  With this in mind, the foci of the following little book is on, "Who is the approaching Antichrist, the Beast Out of the Abyss, what are their names and how do they relate to the prophetic number 666?"  This book is not intended to be a complete and exhaustive treatment of these subjects, but rather by all measures a work in progress.   


All In A Dream

The Dream:

The search for the disclosure of the 'Antichrist' and the 'Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit' (aka - the Abyss) has taken many hours of Biblical research, prayer, fasting and Scriptural study/meditation.   However,
it must be stressed beyond any reasonable doubt, had not the Spirit of God given me revelation and direction regarding my human endeavors, I never would have reached any degree of understanding on this matter.

We will begin our discussion on this subject by declaring that the initial direction for this inquiry resulted from a dream.  Prior to receiving the dream, I had spent more than two years of intense Biblical research focusing mainly on the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation.  Even though I had achieved a marginal degree of understanding regarding the mysteries enclosed within these texts I was far from any mastery of the material, even until this day.  While I may not be so presumptuous as to identify myself as a Biblical scholar, I am by no means a Scriptural novice either.  To this end, having learned from the collective works of Biblical scholars over the years, while guided by the Spirit of God, I am very comfortable with the summary of information presented within this document.  In addition, I would like to place into record that I am a very conservative Christian and I do not believe in UFO’s or little green monsters from Mars. 
Moreover, I believe in the gentle leading of the Spirit of God, and those who seek to understand God’s Word, that it will be revealed unto them.  Hence, "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." (Luke 11:9)

Seeing therefore that the reader of this work will have a generalized understanding of the importance of dreams and how they relate throughout Scripture to revelations from God to His children, I will forgo any further Biblical references on dreams, moving directly to the initial dream of earlier mention.

In the days leading up to 10/09/2002 I had been studying on Israel, the Church, the Rapture and whether or not the Church would go through 'The Great Tribulation'.  Then, without warning, during the early a.m. hours of 10/09/2002, I had a dream concerning the following: 

I was standing in a solid concrete room that was approximately 15ft. wide, 25ft. in length, and 20ft. high.  There were no lights or windows in the room and it was very dark, but not completely. It appeared as though the room was a concrete vault.  There was a small door opening to my left, which was off centered towards the southeast corner at the east end of the room where I was standing.  However, I could not see the door due to the extreme thickness of the concrete walls.  The entire room was made of concrete - walls, ceiling, and floor.  I was standing with my back towards the middle of the eastern wall of the room, and in my spirit, I could see the image of a person standing just to the right of me.  Something within my mind told me it was a woman.  However, I could not make out the physical features of the woman.

Directly in front of the woman and myself, within mere inches (perhaps a foot), was a small shallow crystal clear pool of water about 3 feet in diameter that was completely visible.  Just below the surface of the water within the pool, passively lay a large snake, not coiled, but crumpled up, about 3 feet in length. It was of a light yellowish color with tan spotted areas on its body.  In my spirit, I could sense that the serpent was extremely dangerous and I was terrified at its presence.

However, the woman standing by me did not seem to be afraid of the serpent at all and I remember her saying that she was going to, "Communicate with the serpent using Yoga."  Following this, I then heard the woman mumble some words in tongues, and a language of which I did not understand.  Then, the serpent began to ever so slowly and cautiously move and come up out of the pool of water towards the woman and myself.  As the serpent subtly approached she and I, it raised approximately half of its body vertically as it moved towards us.  Then, the woman casually, without fear or concern, moved north along the east wall, turning west at the northeast corner, and continued moving west along the north wall towards the northwest end of the room.  At the far northwest end of the room, she stopped and remained silent. 

Then, the serpent slowly began to turn towards the left, north wall, following the path of the woman as though it was stalking or obeying her.  Meanwhile, in my spirit I felt as though the woman was actually controlling the response of the serpent.

At that time, feeling trapped, I became very frightened and concerned that the serpent would eventually hunt me down and strike at me.  However, exiting the room via the door passage never entered my mind and did not seem to be a viable option.  Then, immediately following my overwhelming perception of fear, in my dream my body began to levitate (rapture) toward the ceiling area at the southeast corner of the top of the room. After being lifted up, I then looked down from the ceiling on the serpent and the woman, and awoke from the dream with much bewilderment.

After having this dream, I knew beyond any reasonable doubt it was not just any ordinary dream and I was convinced it was a message inspired from God.  I must admit that I was quite confused as to the dream's literal meaning, so I proceeded to try to translate what I had seen into some form of intelligible information.  However, at that time my passive attempts at interpretation were not enough to reach a comfortable level of the dream’s actual understanding.   I therefore, placed what I had seen in the back of my mind and continued with my Biblical research on the Book of Revelation.


The Dream Revisited:

During the winter of 2003, the Lord impressed upon my spirit that I should revisit the dream He had given me on 10/09/2002.  I had been intently studying the Book of Revelation trying to ascertain the name of the Antichrist as it related to what I then thought to be the 'gematria' number 666.  I had postulated in my research that God had not inspired Apostle John to document information that He did not intend to reveal to His children.  "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." (John 14:13)  So armed with this promise and my faith I proceeded to theorize that if one could find the name of the Beast they would also find the name of the man Antichrist or vice versa.  As such, while lying in bed one night meditating on Scripture,
the Spirit of God impressed upon me that my earlier dream regarding Yoga held the answer to my question concerning the Beast and the Antichrist (aka - False Prophet).

At that time, what I knew about Yoga could rest comfortably on the head of a small pin. However, not being one willing to rebuff the Spirit of God, armed with my Bible and a high-speed internet connection, I set to work on discovering the rudiments of Yoga.  After just a brief introduction into the research, I became overwhelmed and discouraged by the volume of data I found related to Yoga. I felt as though this could be a query, which could literally continue for months or even years. 
Thus, I then returned to the Lord in prayer where He impressed upon me that His Spirit would guide me through the necessary and relevant material to achieve my objective.  Such is always the course of discovery with God, you provide the sweat effort and He will provide the impossible equity.  Therefore, before going any further, I think it is imperative that the reader should have a condensed, but simplified understanding of what the religion (YES religion) of Yoga actually entails.


Yoga:

Yoga is the "PRAYER" (Communication/Supplication) with a Pagan Deity.  Yoga is from the Sankrit word Yug, meaning 'Union' with the 'Divine', or higher 'SELF'.  Yoga is a path for transcending the ordinary mind as to whom you think you are in order to merge with your 'higher Self' or 'God Self.'  Yoga means 'to yoke' or more accurately to yoke with Brahman (i.e., the 'Infinite,' the 'Universal Spirit,' the impersonal force that the Hindus call 'God') through the realization of an altered state of consciousness, thereby theoretically releasing oneself from the bondage of endless reincarnation.  Yoga comes from the Hindu Vedas and Patanjali, a Hindu religious leader.  Patanjali, ancient exponent and codifier of classical Yoga formulated one-hundred and ninety-six Yoga aphorisms (a statement of principles).  Legend says that Patanjali was an incarnation of Shesha, the 'Kunda' snake of eternity, and at the end of his life was seen being swallowed by a Python.  Shiva, known as 'The Destroyer', who is also called Yogi Swara, or the 'Lord of Yoga, is one of Hinduism's three most powerful gods.'

There are an estimated 10,000 plus yoga teachers (approx. 15,000,000 practitioners) currently residing within the United States, who teach somewhere between four to five million students per week.  Yoga is a program that involves conscious stretching, deliberate movements, and controlled breathing, in conjunction with relaxation exercises.  As such, Yoga originated from a school of thought in the Hindu religion, which suggests that postures can isolate the soul from the body and the mind.

The practice of Yoga is both pagan and occultic at its best.  Its teachings originate from the Eastern religions, all of which teach that Self is God, and we only need come to the realization of it.  In a book by Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon, The Seduction of Christianity, they state the following:

"The goal of Yoga is 'self-realization' -- to look deeply within what ought to be the temple of the one true God and there to discover the alleged 'true Self' or 'higher Self' and declare self to be God.  Nothing could be more religious than that, yet with straight faces all of the Yogis insist that practicing Yoga will not change anyone's religious beliefs.  This is the religion of Antichrist; and for the first time in history it is being widely practiced throughout the Western world as Transcendental Meditation and other forms of Yoga...  Humanity is being conditioned to accept a coming world ruler who will have the psychic powers from Satan to 'prove' that he has indeed 'realized' his own 'godhood'"1

Yoga calls itself science.  "By calling itself science, Yoga (which is the very heart of Hinduism) has within the last [30] years become an integral part of Western society, where it is taught in nearly every YMCA or YWCA, in clubs, in public schools, in industry, and in many Churches.  Dressed in Western clothes, Yoga has gained acceptance in medicine, psychology, education, and religion under such euphemisms as 'centering,' 'relaxation therapy,' 'self-hypnosis,' and 'creative visualization.'  Yoga is designed to lead to the 'realization' of one's true 'godhood' through an inward meditative journey that finally locates the ultimate source of everything within the human psyche."2

The idea of declaring oneself as a god is not a new concept, but merely a continuation of the lie the serpent in the Garden of Eden sold Eve hook, line, and apple.  "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:5)  Sad to say the entire human race is still paying for that little mistake.  We can only speculate as to what part of "Don’t Touch It Lest You Die" Adam and Eve could not actually understand.

Hatha-yoga is an extremely popular form of Yoga practiced today, especially in the United States, by those looking for a form of relaxation and non-strenuous exercise.  However, we need to take a closer look at the derivation of the word 'Hatha'.  The Sanskrit word 'Ha' means the Sun while 'Tha' means the Moon.  This is a very realistic symbolic correlation between the possibility of the male/female androgynous aspects of the 'Antichrist and the Beast out of the Abyss,' that will be discussed in more detail later.

Johanna Michaelsen, in her book, Like Lambs to the Slaughter, correctly reveals:

"There is a common misconception in the West that hatha-yoga, one of about ten forms of Yoga that supposedly leads to self-realization, is merely a neutral form of exercise, a soothing and effective alternative for those who abhor jogging and calisthenics... [However], Hatha-yoga is 'one of the six recognized systems of orthodox Hinduism' and is at its roots religious and mystical.  It is also one of the most difficult and potentially [spiritually] dangerous forms of Yoga.

The term hatha is derived from the verb hath, which means 'to oppress'...  What the practice of hatha-yoga is designed to do is suppress the flow of psychic energies through these channels ["symbolic, or psychic passages on either side of the spinal column"], thereby forcing the 'serpent power' or the kundalini force to rise through the central psychic channel in the spine (the sushumna) and up through the chakras, the supposed psychic centers of human personality and power.  Westerners mistakenly believe that one can practice hatha-yoga apart from the philosophical and religious beliefs that undergird it.  This is an absolutely false belief...  You cannot separate the exercises from the philosophy...  'The movements themselves become a form of meditation.'  The continued practice of the exercises will, whether you... intend it or not, eventually influence you toward an Eastern/mystical perspective.  That is what it is meant to do!...  There is, by definition, no such thing as 'neutral' Yoga" (last emphasis added.)3

In Yoga, Sun Salutations, or Surya Namaskar, can be a complete practice in and of itself and is often considered the core of 'hatha yoga' practice.  Yoga practitioners such as Hira Ratan Manek (HRM), amongst others, have allegedly proven that a person can live just on solar energy for very long periods without eating any food.  This has come to be known as the HRM phenomenon.  The method is purportedly used for curing all kinds of psychosomatic and mental illnesses as well as increasing memory power and mental strength by using sunlight.

The HRM phenomenon is in fact a rediscovery of a scientific ritual, which was used to heal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual diseases in ancient times.  Ancient Indians called this practice Surya Namaskar, where ancient Egyptians and Americans called it Heliotherapy and Europeans called it Apollo therapy.

John Weldon and Clifford Wilson wrote in, Occult Shock and Psychic Forces, that Yoga is pure occultism.4 Hans-Ulrich Rieker, an authority on Yoga, in his book, The Yoga of Light, also warns that misunderstanding the true nature of Yoga can mean 'death or insanity.' 5 Another little known fact is that virtually every major guru in India has issued warnings similar to these; i.e., deep-breathing techniques such as the ones taught in Yoga are a time-honored method for entering altered states of consciousness and for developing so-called psychic power.

[Note: Yoga is one of the basic means of reaching this altered state of consciousness.  This altered state is the doorway to the occult.  Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize Winner for his research on the brain, said the brain is "a machine that a ghost can operate."  In a normal state of consciousness, one's own spirit ticks off the neurons in his brain and operates his body.  We are spirits connected with a body.  In an altered state, reached under drugs, Yoga, hypnosis, etc., this passive but alert state, the connection between the spirit and the brain is, loosened.  That allows another spirit to interpose itself, to begin to tick off the neurons in the brain, and create an entire universe of illusion.  You’ve then opened yourself up.  It’s called sorcery.  People are literally teaching themselves how to be demonized, all in the name of developing one's full potential.]

Controlled breathing can generate intense internal heat (cf. the Yoga practice of Tapas), and awaken the Python (Kundalini Serpent)6,7,8  As stated, this is accomplished through the Yoga practice known as 'Tapas'.  Tapas (austerity): Literally, 'to burn'; in Yoga, Tapas implies the burning of all desires by means of discipline, purification, and penance.  Yogis believe this inner fire to be a source of spiritual energy.  It is believed the sole practice of Tapas can lead to the release of Kundalini and attainment of enlightenment (wisdom).

In Yoga and Mysticism, Swami Prabhavananda warns about the dangers of the Yoga breathing exercises, which so many today think are harmless, when he writes:

"Now we come to breathing exercises.  Let me caution you: they can be very dangerous.   Unless properly done, there is a good chance of injuring the brain. And those who practice such breathing without proper supervision can suffer a disease which no known science or doctor can cure.  It is impossible, even for a medical person, to diagnose such an illness...  [For example,] I had known a young boy of perhaps 16 or 17 years of age who had begun to practice hatha yoga...  He was acting very strangely.  He would prostrate fully on the ground, rise to full height, then repeat the performance—over and over again. The Swami said that he had lost his mind...  Finally, however he became so unmanageable that he had to be confined...  As regards breathing exercises, I know that Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother, and all the disciples of Ramakrishna have warned us again not to practice them."9

Yoga scholar and Sanskrit authority Rammurti Mishra interprets Yoga theory as laying the foundation for occultism.

"In conclusion, it may be said that behind every psychic investigation, behind mysticism, occultism, etc., knowingly or unknowingly, the Yoga system is present." 

In his article 'Kundalini and the Occult', occult authority John White observes that the essence of occultism is the attempt to gain 'higher' knowledge and power or control of the forces of nature, especially the 'life energy' (prana) which underlies the basis of true magic and psychic phenomena.

"In its highest form, occult science merges indistinguishably with true mysticism... [M]ysticism and genuine occultism are closely allied... The heart of genuine occult practices appears to be synonymous with aspects of the [yogic] kundalini concept..."10

Yoga authority Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon), author of a standard text on Kundalini Yoga, The Serpent Power, refers to Yoga practice "causing considerable pain, physical disorder and even disease..."11 

Until his death, perhaps the leading authority on Shamanism and comparative religion was Mircea Eliade.  Note his observations of the similarities between Yoga and Witchcraft:

"All features associated with European witches are claimed also by Indo-Tibetan yogis and magicians.  Along with a range of occult powers common to both, some yogis:

...boast that they break all the religious taboos and social rules: that they practice human sacrifice, cannibalism, and all manner of orgies, including incestuous intercourse, and that they eat excrement, nauseating animals, and devour human corpses.  In other words, they proudly claim all the crimes and horrible ceremonies cited ad nauseam in the Western European witch trials."12

In The Seven Schools of Yoga, Ernest Wood warns of "the imminent risk of most serious bodily disorder, disease, and even madness."  He observes that many people have brought upon themselves incurable illnesses or insanity.13

In summary, make no mistake, when you practice Yoga, or experiment with it, you are well on your way to alienating yourself from God and entering into a forbidden world of darkness of which few ever escape.


Forbidden Research Experience:

In retrospect to Yoga, a related incident personally happened to me in June of 1987.  During the weeks leading up to the hereafter-described experience, I had been attending summer college classes and had taken an elective course in psychology.  Independently I was also unwittingly studying hypnosis, sleep, and altered states of consciousness.  I had only been a born again Christian for approximately 3 years, but I was coveting the "Baptism in the Holy Ghost".

Having an engineering background, it seemed only logical to me that this Spiritual baptism must be something that could be analytically correlated to the mechanical functions of the human brain, and therefore both identifiable and measurable.  After all, the laws of science mandate that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, right?  From that premise, I set about on a reckless, but systematic plan of discovery to determine just where within the human anatomical brain the Spirit of God would most likely choose to dwell.  Would it be the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, medulla, thalamus, hypothalamus, etc...?  While this may sound very absurd now, you must remember I was relatively then a 'babe in Christ' and quite obviously had a great deal to learn about the God I have now come to both love and serve.

Then, one night after a long day of studying psychology and brain anatomy, my wife and I retired to bed.  At 12:30 a.m. on June 27, 1987, (a Saturday), I was lying in bed and I could feel myself, while semi asleep, drifting in and out of some altered state of consciousness that gave me the feeling of falling.  Suddenly, without warning, it happened.  A non-painful, electrical surge of energy of very high frequency emanated throughout the entirety of my body.  Then, a shouting voice from within my spirit said
"Barney! I Am God! Touch Not This Thing!"

Yikes!  God had undoubtedly acquired my undivided attention.  He had made it perfectly clear to me this was not His acceptable method for receiving the "Spirit Baptism"
and my pitiful intellectual human endeavors were proscribed.  God was warning me right then and there that there were mysteries associated with the abyss of the human mind that are so far beyond our miniature intellectual comprehension that we must never persist to understand without the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  We are never to FREELY expose our frail unsuspecting souls and spirits to a world of darkness that can be fraught with the presence of forbidden and awaiting demons of destruction.  Until this day, I have never again studied the human brain and its functions or the altered states of human consciousness.  In addition, while it may seem extreme, I will not even watch an educational television program associated with the mechanics of the human brain.  While I may not be the brightest bulb in the box, I do not intend to replicate Adam and Eve’s, "Do Not Touch" atrocity.


The Power

Unveiling the Yoga Serpent:

After navigating through a myriad of data related to pagan Hindu gods, I was unable to formulate any viable association between my suspected Greek/Hebrew gematria and the number 666.  Following many days of intense research into the practical applications of Yoga and its associated components, I had learned that the absolute objective of all serious Yoga practitioners is to achieve the ultimate experience known as the 'Awakening of the Serpent Power' - Kundalini.  This is why Hans-Rieker concludes,
"Kundalini [is] the mainstay of all yoga practices."14  Therefore, the fundamental aim of all Yoga involves the special virtue of heat or tummo, known as Kundalini, the 'Serpent Power'. 

Upon the discovery of the Kundalini Serpent, I began to realize the Spirit of God had led me to the initial golden nugget of my objective.  While there was still much work to be done there was also much more to be revealed, and I was clearly on the right path.  I could now associate the serpent in my dream with that of Yoga's 'Kundalini Serpent'.

However, at first I had trouble making the connection between the two because in India the Cobra serpent mostly represents Kundalini and is a primary idol of choice, whose color is in clear contrast to the color of the serpent in my dream.  Then, it all began to make sense, the day I discovered the Kundalini Serpent is symbolized not only by the Cobra, but also by the serpent Python.  The color of a Python snake matched ideally with the color of the serpent in my dream.

To this end, before proceeding any further I feel it is important once again to share with the reader a generalized understanding of what the celebrated Kundalini Serpent actually represents.


Kundalini Serpent Power: 

Kundalini is a term from the Yogic tradition for the power of the divine goddess Shakti.  According to Yogic philosophy, Kundalini creates the universe and knows itself as creator.  The Eastern traditions revere
Kundalini as the Great Queen Mother goddess who gives birth to all that is.  Condensing to form, she is viewed as the material world.  She is the essential energy, more fundamental than all universal power and forms the basis for individual experience and existence.  Yogics believe that the infusion of one’s spiritual mind with Kundalini power of consciousness is to know truth and their unity with the Divine.  Hindu spiritual tradition and Yogic practitioners declare Kundalini synonymous with the Christian 'Holy Spirit' (See graphic)  In order for seekers to succeed on their spirit journeys shamans, yogis, monks, priests, nuns, etc., must all approach her as obedient suppliants.

Kundalini is referred to as the 'Power of the Divine' present in each individual.  She has two fundamental expressions.  She maintains the entire existence of the body, mind and spirit, and while considered dormant, she is the power of consciousness to
know the Divine as Self.  According to her worshippers, this potential power, allegedly innate to all, can facilitate its practitioners to unity consciousness, considered the sublime awareness of Divine Self, infinite and all encompassing.  Symbolized by a sleeping, coiled serpent wound exactly three and one-half turns around the human sacral bone at the base of the spine, Kundalini awaits her great awakening.  She is considered the most exhilarating experience in the long life of the soul that extends over countless cycles of physical birth and death, Hindu reincarnation (avatars).

Shaktipat is the Sanskrit term for Kundalini awakening which means 'descent of grace.' Kundalini awakening usually occurs in a specifically designed ritual for the transmittal of her power.  Awakening Kundalini occurs through various Yogic practices and disciplines, which have developed over thousands of years, and are specifically structured for preparing the mind and body for the enormous explosion of power emanating from Kundalini arousal.  Prayer, devotional worship, chanting, meditation, mantras, ritual dance, drumming and many other pagan practices can awaken the so-called Divine consciousness - the Kundalini Serpent.  Spontaneous awakening of Kundalini can occur from near death experiences, traumatic experiences, pain, deep sorrow, prolonged periods of one-pointed concentration, or even in dreams through the initiation distributed by an alleged wise being, better known to Christians as a demon.  Kundalini works on all levels of human experience and touches all aspects of human life.  Once awakened, her victims can never be the same again.

The awakened Kundalini can stir up everything from latent diseases of the body to emotional or psychological disturbances.  Some individuals feel like fire has descended upon them, rather than grace, as Kundalini power infuses their body, mind and relationships.  As Kundalini moves through, what Yoga tradition calls the body’s system of channels (nadis) and the associated seven centers of energy (chakras), its practitioners willingly succumb to the overwhelming feeling of power.  Kundalini arousal symptoms include, but are limited to the following: sensations of bodily heat and cold, rushes of energy throughout the body (especially up and down the spine), sweating, trembling, fear, anxiety, dissociation, visions, out-of-body experiences, spontaneous body movements, changes in breathing patterns, mantras, speaking in tongues, distortions of time and space, healings, habits or addictions falling away, inspired creativity, feelings of exalted knowledge and wisdom, and states of boundless ecstasy with love arising for no apparent reason.

Many unsuspecting victims are told during the Kundalini arousal experience, not to be alarmed that they are being
'Baptized in the Spirit of God'.  Additionally, Kundalini signs are quite often confused with or misdiagnosed as anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, dissociation disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia as well as many other associated diseases.  Shifts in values, attitudes, and behaviors will frequently occur and have a major impact on relationships.  However, when considering the characteristics of Kundalini, one must not overlook the strong changes in sexual arousal and sexual behavior of many Kundalini initiates.  According to one Kundakini worshiper, "She is the Power of your own Divinity come to take you home".  Within the minds of both Yoga scholars and practitioners alike, Kundalini is unquestionably, the 'Queen'.

Let me make this point perfectly clear to any unsuspecting reader, "If you want to anger the one and only true God and make your eternal home in HELL, just willingly participate in the practice of Yoga and the pursuit and arousal of the pagan Kundalini spirit."

In an internet article entitled, The Myth of Manasa --- The Serpent Queen, by Anjan K. Nath, Ph.D. reveals additional historical information about the Kundalini Serpent.

"The worship of the snake-energy (often referred to as the kundalini ) was prevalent amongst the Vedic Aryans and the sect practicing this form of worship were known as the Sarpas and the Nagas, and their philosophy of belief known as the Sarpa-Veda.  Several seers of the Sarpa community composed vedic hymns and the esoteric aspect of this cult was practiced by them even in the usual course of their rituals.  The worship of the Naga or the serpent-power in models of physical snakes is still prevalent in different parts of India as in pre-historic times, but more so in Bengal and Assam, where she is worshiped as a goddess named Manasa.

...The universe is believed to be built up in spheres and a sphere is called a lotus (padma) or a wheel (chakra).  Siva, with his Rudra aspect, has been honored as a god even in the Vedas, and when he was identified with the Bindu or nucleus, the universe was construed to have evolved out of the fall-out of the emanation from him.  This has been explained by saying that Siva’s sperm was ejaculated on a lotus which in turn percolated through its stalk and travel[l]ed to the nether world, i.e., to the lowest end of the universe, and lodged itself in [a]nother lotus where it was held by a snake-power.  It then evolved as Manasa, the Serpent Queen.

...The Manasa cult is one of the most ancient of the Vedic cults, having as its basis the fundamentals of nuclear science.  The different branches of Indian philosophy are more or less its off-shoots with the Yoga sect being at the forefront in the practice and promulgation of the esoteric art of harnessing the serpent- power, kundalini, towards realization of the philosophic vision that is necessary for attaining the divine sphere."15

Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D, has written more than thirty books including many popular works on Yoga, notably Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy (1998), Teachings of Yoga (1997), The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga (1996), and The Philosophy of Classical Yoga (1980, 1996).  His most recent book is The Yoga Tradition (1998).  Feuerstein is a patron of the British Wheel of Yoga, coeditor of Yoga World newsletter, and a contributing editor of Yoga Journal.  For the past thirty years, Feuerstein has significantly affected the dialogue between East and West, in particular to the understanding of Yoga.  In a written internet interview between Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D and Richard Miller Ph.D. entitled, New Light on the Yoga Tradition, Feuerstein was asked the following question.

"In your book The Yoga Tradition, you mention learning Hatha-Yoga from an Indian guru while you were still in your teens.  Can you say something more about this?"

Feuerstein responed, "Oh that’s a long time ago.  I spent about a year studying with a Hatha-Yoga master, who was well known in Europe for his extraordinary yogic abilities, which he was always eager to demonstrate especially to the medical community...  The Hatha-Yoga initiates speak of subtle elements (called tattva), subtle pathways (called nadi), and psychoenergetic centers (called cakra).  They all must be readied for the visit of Queen Kundalini, the Goddess energy.  Otherwise she gets angry and ruins your nervous system and organs like the heart.  All this is well known in the Yoga tradition, but many Western practitioners dabble with it, unaware of the dangers of Kundalini-Yoga."16

Gopi Krishna, renowned India author of, Kundalini: the Evolutionary Energy in Man, presented to the Western world for the first time a clear and concise autobiographical account of the phenomenon of the forceful awakening of the Kundalini Serpent.  In an extract from his book, Krishna reveals Kundalini,

"As the supreme mistress of the body, she and she alone is considered to be competent to bestow on earnest aspirants (who worship her with true devotion, centering their thoughts and actions in her, resigning themselves entirely to her will) the much coveted and hard to attain boon of transcendental knowledge and super-normal psychic powers. All these writings assign to Kundalini the supreme position of being the queen and architect of the living organism, having the power to mould it, transform it, or even to destroy it as she will.  But how she manages to do it, consistent with biological laws governing the organic world, no-one has tried to state in explicit terms."17

With regard to this deceiving power of darkness, Apostle Paul said it best, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12)


The True Holy Spirit Power:

After many hours of research regarding the 'Kundalini Serpent Power', the realization of this
fraudulent pagan force reminds me of the real Holy Ghost Power that I personally experienced during the first year of my marriage, 1977-‘78.

A brief synopsis of circumstances surrounding this event will help to clarify what actually happened.  My wife and I just prior to our marriage purchased a 10 by 50 foot, 1959 model, Skyline mobile home, which at that time was eighteen years old.  It was a real beauty.  The outside walls were made of tin and there were large holes that had rusted through the metal.  However, this did not matter at all to us because we were in love.  After all, we had married for better or worse.  'I couldn't have done better and she couldn't have done worse.' Thus, we joyously set about cleaning and repairing our little mansion.  She cleaned inside while I patched holes outside.  We found old pieces of metal, screwed them over the outside holes, and patched over that with buckets of black roofing tar, painting it yellow and brown.

However, sad to say, during this time my wife and I did not know the Lord.  Nevertheless, for some strange reason or another we decided to paint a large life-size mural of Christ hanging on the Cross, on the front of our mobile home.  My wife, being a budding artist, mixed our leftover paint and the mural, unbelievably, looked great!  There were many positive comments about the painting for as long as we owned the little mobile home.  One day a stranger passing by stopped his delivery truck at our front door, got out, knocked on our door, and when I answered he said, "I just wanted you to know the painting on your mobile home has been a blessing to me as I’ve driven by each day making my deliveries."  He then turned around, got in his vehicle and drove off.  Even though it may sound like we had slim pickings, in our hearts it was home and we were delighted to live in it for about 12 years.

It was obvious, that money was not our strongest asset.  The front and back doors on our mobile home came from a remodeling job on my sister’s house.  While they did not fit perfectly, they were much better than what we previously had.  However, the back door had given us many problems in the past by just suddenly popping open at night and leaving us exposed to the outside elements.  This was a real concern since the door was located just to the left of our tiny bedroom, and very close to the foot of the bed where we slept. 

Then, one night in 1978 while my wife and I were in bed I remember partially waking up, and I saw what I thought to be our old car sitting out front, and of course, I assumed the door must have popped open once again.  I remember in my spirit, for whatever reason I do not know, I said, "Help Us Lord".  Immediately there was an enormous electrical surge of energy, of an extremely high frequency, that flooded the entirety of my body such that I had never felt anything comparable before.  I bolted awake, but was unable to move.  Then, as sudden as it came, the feeling departed.  I saw nothing and I heard nothing.

You must understand, at that time, what I knew about the Spirit of God was somewhere between nothing and non-existent.  For days following this experience, I was afraid to tell anyone because I thought I might be having some type of flashback or medical condition resulting from my past life.  Then, one day I finally told my precious God fearing Mother (now in Heaven resting with Jesus) who calmly and quietly smiled at me and said, "Son the Spirit of God is working with your heart to bring you to Jesus.  He has a job for you."

My Father-In-Law, a long time minister, bought my wife and I our first KJV Bible for Christmas and I began for the first time to actually read it.  Then on April 15, 1984, my wife and I gave our lives unto the Lord and were both, baptized by her Father.  We later went on to receive the Baptism in the Holy Ghost, and in doing so, God has changed our lives forever.  Before this experience, I was a sinful high school dropout.  Since then, with the leading of the Spirit of God and the unyielding loving support of my wife, I have gone on to achieve a Bachelor’s Degree, and two Master’s Degrees.  God is still in the miracle working business for those who will exercise their faith, and yield to His Holy Spirit and follow His Holy Word.

Make no mistake, what I experienced had NOTHING at all to do with the pagan power of the Kundalini Serpent which leaves in its wake shattered lives, misery, death and destruction.  This was the true Holy Ghost Power of GOD.


Kundalini Python:

Returning to my Kundalini Serpent research, as I have stated earlier, I discovered that the female Python serpent can also symbolize Kundalini, which sad to say, the godless Eastern religions associate with the true Holy Spirit of God.  With this understanding, I proceeded to analogize Kundalini (goddess Shakti) with the 'Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit' or even the Antichrist.  It soon became apparent the Kundalini Serpent could not possibly represent the man Antichrist, but was realistically synonymous with the 'Beast Out of the Abyss.'  Therefore, Kundalini is none other than the demon spirit fallen angel, Python who is better known as Apollyon/Abaddon/Apollo Python/Adonikam (Rev. 9:11).


Beast Out of the Abyss:

So just who or what is the Beast that is to rise out of the bottomless pit?  Apostle John makes it perfectly clear it is not a mortal human being.  "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." (Rev. 13:1)  This Scripture has a twofold meaning, it symbolizes the coming Beast’s kingdom as well as the Beast himself.  As such, it indicates the Beast and his kingdom will assume all the delegated power and legal authority of the seven headed Dragon’s kingdom - Satan’s kingdom.  "...and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." (Rev. 13:2) "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:" (Rev. 13:4)

Apostle John reveals that the Beast had been wounded unto death, "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast" (Rev. 13:3).  The head wounded unto death was none other than one of the seven kingdoms that the Beast from the abyss formally ruled.  Whenever his kingdom fell, God consigned this Beast to the bottomless pit (abyss).  Thus, the Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit will be none other than that Satanic, fallen angel that once ruled the old Babylonian Empire, the Prince of Babylon (Abaddon/Apollyon/Adonikam).

How do we know Apollyon/Abaddon is the former prince of the Babylonian Empire? 
The seven-headed Beast must have had, and will have, some form of diabolical association with Israel and the Jewish people as a nation.  There have been six empires (soon to be seven), on earth that have both persecuted and captivated the nation of Israel and the Jewish people.  Additionally, the focus of the Book of Revelation is mainly on the nation of Israel and a time of 'Jacob's Trouble' (Jeremiah 30:7).  The Church will be raptured moments after the release of Apollyon from the bottomless pit marking the onset of the Great Tribulation.  To this end, there have been many world empires, but only the seven belonging to the Dragon and the Beast, as related to the nation of Israel, are of a focal common concern in the Book of Revelation - Rev. 17:7-11.

The ancient oppressing kingdoms against Israel and the Jewish people are in their order of origination as follows: 1st Egyptian Empire, 2nd Assyrian Empire, 3rd Babylonian Empire, 4th Medo-Persian Empire, 5th Grecian Empire, and the 6th Roman Empire. "And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space." (Rev. 17:10)  The seven kings revealed to John are seven, Satanic fallen angels.  The first of these five, Satanic angels and their kingdoms had already fallen before John’s vision, and the sixth fallen angel was currently ruling the Roman Empire in John’s day. 

It must be stated here that the fallen angel Apollyon is identified in Scripture as the 'King' of the demon locusts and will come out of the abyss.   

"And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon." (Rev. 9:11)  

The Greek manuscripts read, 'angel out of the abyss.' 

The seventh empire will originate from the ten horns out of the sixth head which was the old Roman Empire, and will be ruled by the seventh, Satanic, fallen angel for the first 'short space' years (Rev. 17:10).  Then, he will be replaced, and for the last 3˝ years better know as the 'Great Tribulation', the revived Babylonian Empire will be ruled by, "...the beast [revived 3th king becomes 8th king] that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." (Rev. 17:11)  He will be the Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit, or the Prince of Babylonian - Apollyon/Abaddon/Adonikam, which are all one in the same demonic beast.

In retrospect, from the Prophet Daniel’s vision of the four beasts we see the Roman Empire symbolized by the fourth beast.  "...The fourth beast [6th head Roman Empire] shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom [6th head Roman Empire] are ten kings that shall arise: [7th head Revised Roman Empire] and another shall rise after them; [
11th small horn Antichrist] and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings." (Daniel 7:23-24)

Please, do not make the mistake of considering these seven heads of the Beast as the seven literal hills upon which the city of Rome is/was built.  "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed..." (Rev. 13:3)   If one should follow this assumption, how could you wound a literal, physical mound of earth located as the foundation of a major metropolitan city and then heal it?  This view resolves itself as being neither logical nor reasonable.

We must understand that all natural earthly nations/kingdoms are ruled by God and the spirit world - a supreme angelic governing body, be it good, or be it evil.  This ruling concept is illustrated in Scripture whenever the Prophet Daniel had a vision whereby most likely an angel (most likely Gabriel) was sent to impart to him the meaning thereof, but was delayed by a contrary Satanic angel.  The angel's hindrance required the dispatching of God’s chief military angel, Michael, to free his messenger to continue his mission.  "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia." (Daniel 10:13)  This Scripture clearly reveals that no mortal human being could withstand or hinder the mission of the angel who was as stated most likely Gabriel, to the extent that it would require the military assistance of the archangel Michael.

Meanwhile, the angel (Gabriel) reveals to Daniel that a subsequent angel would rule the Grecian Empire following the fall of the Medo-Persian Empire, "...and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come." (Daniel 10:20)

We then conclude as Apostle John declared,

"The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is." (Rev. 17:8)

The Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit had ruled a kingdom before John’s day and then fallen. He will once again, be revived to rule the old 10 horned Babylonian Empire (the former 3th head of the seven-headed beast).  This revived Babylonian Empire will form from the nucleus of the revived 10 horns of the old Roman Empire (former 6th head of the seven-headed beast). Thus, the Babylonian Empire will be the future kingdom to oppress Israel in the 'Times of the Gentiles' and the last world power to do so.  The Antichrist will arise as the 'little horn' from one of the revised Roman Empire's ten kingdoms and later overthrowing three of the ten.

Renowned Biblical scholar
Finnis Jennings Dake agrees that the 'Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit' is not a human spirit when he writes in his book, Revelation Exposed, the following:

"We firmly believe that the beast out of the abyss represents a mighty supernatural satanic prince and not a human spirit.  We do not believe that this spirit is to be incarnated in any human body and become the Antichrist, but that he will be the ruling prince under the guidance of Satan, dominating the Antichrist and exalting him as the earthly king over the eighth and last kingdom at the end of the age.  We further believe that he ruled one of the first kingdoms, which had fallen before John's day and is represented by the first five heads of the beast; that when his kingdom fell, he was cast into the abyss and confined there during the sixth kingdom (the Roman Empire), which was the one that existed in John's day; that he will still be confined there until the formation of the ten kingdoms as the seventh kingdom; that he will be loosed out of the abyss during the ten kingdoms, and revive the kingdom of Greece he ruled before the sixth and the seventh;..."18

In summary, a description of the Beast that John saw is as follows:

"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion..." (Rev. 13:1-2)

Therefore, the Beast that John saw had seven heads and ten crowned horns, a body like a leopard, with the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion.  Scripture reveals that of the Beast's seven heads (kingdoms), five kings (satanic angels) had already fallen before John's day, and one was, and another was yet to come.

"And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space." (Rev. 17:10)

Thus, the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, and Grecian empires along with their ruling demonic angels had already fallen before John's vision.  The current fallen angel was still ruling the Roman Empire during John's day.  However, he was to go the way of his predecessors, and be followed by a future fallen angel who would temporally rule the final seventh kingdom for the first 'short space' years (Rev. 17:10).  Subsequently, at the onset of the 'Great Tribulation' the eighth and final fallen angel, revived Python/Apollyon/Abaddon/Adonikam (ruler of the former 6th Empire - Babylonian) will replace the seventh king.

"The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:... when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is." (Rev. 17:8)

To this end, the kingdom of the angelic Beast Out of the Abyss and his mortal man Antichrist, who is none other than the False Prophet himself, will have the following configuration and appearance in the last days.  The empire will be comprised and governed by the ten horns (revised Roman Empire 10 human kings) having the mouth of a lion (Babylonian Empire), body of a leopard (Grecian Empire), and the feet of a bear (Persian Empire).  Please note the mouth (Iraq) of this kingdom is part of the head just as the feet (Iran) are part of the body.  As such, the final seventh kingdom/empire will be a revised composite of the Prophet Daniel's four great kingdoms – Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, and as stated governed by 10 Kings from the former Roman Empire.    
 

                                  The Python


Python and the Dream:

In relation to the dream, we find that the birthplace and stronghold of Yoga was/is most likely India.  The only empire of the six to control a sizeable portion of India was the Grecian Empire, under the angelic, empowered leadership of Alexander the Great, who conquered a major region of India reaching to the Hyphasis (probably modern Beas) or to modern day Punjab.  The previous Medo-Persian Empire only expanded its control to the Indus River.

According to legend, it was Alexander’s mother, Olympias, who swore to her dying day that she had been impregnated with the seed of Alexander the Great by a Python serpent, Egyptian god Zeus-Ammon.  In this respect, King Philip, Alexander's natural father, sent Chairon of Megalopolis to Delphi after having a vision regarding a Python serpent and his wife Olympias, who in turn brought an oracle to Philip from Apollo, which declared that he was henceforth to sacrifice to Zeus-Ammon and worship that god especially.  Furthermore, he was to put out the eye, which had spied on the god Zeus-Ammon through a crack in the door, the god who, in the form of a Python serpent, had lain with his wifeIt should be noted that Zeus-Ammon is none other than the Egyptian version of the Greek god Apollo, and both were celebrated oracle gods.

As stated earlier, in the future, the man Antichrist will rule the Babylonian Empire.  Thus, we can draw the parallel conclusion that Python, (Abaddon/Apollyon/Apollon/Apollo/Adonikam, etc. the fallen angel), is the actual Beast that will arise from the abyss, marking the beginning of the final 3˝ years of the Great Tribulation.  Meanwhile, during this period the Beast will be the real source of power, deception and miracles behind and possessing the natural (not hybrid) man Antichrist and his 10 horned kingdom.   

"And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people." (Daniel 8:24)

 

"Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.  " (Daniel 11:39)   

To this end, Apollyon will not only have his own power, but will assume all the delegated authority of Satan, as John revealed, “...and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” (Rev. 13:2) 

In the Book of Revelation (Rev. 6:2-8), the man Antichrist must be understood as being in confederacy with 'all four horses of apocalypse' and that, 'all four horse riders are representative of actual fallen angelic spirits, sent by Satan sequentially into the earth, beginning with the last 1260 days of the Great Tribulation.   By analogy, the Prophet Zechariah reveals in Zech. 6:1-5 that colored horses transports Heavenly 'angelic spirits' from before God into the earth.   See also, Zechariah 1:7-11.              

"And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. [2] In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; [3] And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. [4] Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? [5] And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth." (Zech. 6:1-5)   

Thus, the Antichrist and Abaddon/Apollo/Apollyon, etc. will be revealed under the Fourth Seal marking the beginning of the 31/2 years Tribulation.  The ‘Pale Horse Rider, (pale – Greek chloros - greenish) Death’ is actually the fallen angel Apollyon/Adonikam, who is synonymous with the title of Death.  The Pale Horse Rider as ‘Abaddon/Apollyon’ was formally the demonic ruler of the ancient Babylonian Empire.

As the apocalyptic Pale Horse Rider, Abaddon/Adonikam will kill as the instrument of ‘Death’ with none other than the dreaded ‘Mark of the Beast’ and by his subordinate demonic and natural beasts (men) of the earth

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:" (Rev. 13:16)  

With the implementation of the 'Mark of the Beast' those who refuse to accept his mark/name/number of his name, will be executed – Rev. 13:15, and those who alternatively do accept the mark will be forever doomed to burn in the 'Eternal Lake of Fire" – Rev. 14:11.  Therefore, as can clearly be seen the Mark of the Beast will result in either the physical or the eternal death (Second Death) of its unfortunate subjects.  It is from this wrath and atrocity that the infinite wisdom of God prepared an escape for His Church, better known as the pre Great Tribulation 'Rapture'.  

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:36)

 

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ," (1 Thes. 5:9)  

Therefore, if Abaddon/Apollyon is synonymous with 'Death' then it only makes sense that Jesus is synonymous ‘Life’.  In addition, the Anti-Christ who will be in close confederacy with Adonikam (Death)/Apollyon (Hell/Hades) must be the natural earthly human agent/instrument for ‘Death’ and 'Hell'.

Jesus declared that Satan was a 'Murderer' from the very beginning. 

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." (John 8:44)  

Moreover, Apostle Paul revealed in the Book of Hebrews that Satan had been given the power of 'Death', thus he will temporally transfer this power to Abaddon/Apollyon/Adonikam during the Great Tribulation. 

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;" (Hebrews 2:14)

Moving forward, please review the following Greek words and their definitions for the derivation and identity of the rider Hades/Apollyon who is none other than the Pale Horse rider, and his Hades/Hell minions that will accompany him (Rev.6:8).

Apolluon, Greek 623, Strong’s (Apollyon)
Apolluon, ap-ol-loo'-ohn; active participle of Greek 622 (apollumi); a destroyer (i.e. Satan) :- Appollyon.
apollumi, Greek 622, Strong’s (apollumi)
apologia,
ap-ol'-loo-mee; from Greek 575 (apo) and the base of Greek 3639 (olethros); to destroy fully (reflexive to perish, or lose), literal or figurative :- destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.
Abaddon, Greek 3, Strong’s (Abaddon)
Abaddon,
ab-ad-dohn'; of Hebrew origin [Hebrew 11 ('abaddown)]; a destroying angel :- Abaddon.
'abaddown, Hebrew 11, Strong’s (abaddown)
'abaddown, ab-ad-done'; intensive from Hebrew 6 ('abad); abstract a perishing; concrete Hades :- destruction
haides, Greek 86, Strong’s (hades)
haides,
hah'-dace; from Greek 1 (a) (as a negative particle) and Greek 1492 (eido); properly unseen, i.e. Hades or the place (state) of departed souls :- grave, hell.

The above definitions reveal that the name Apollyon comes from the Greek word apollumi, and the Hebrew name Abaddon is the same as the Greek name Apollyon.  In addition, we see that Abaddon is derived from the Hebrew word abaddown, which means Haides/Hell (Hades).  In three Biblical instances Abaddon is parallel with Sheol (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11; Proverbs 27:20).  Thus, it can be inferred from these words that Apollyon is synonymous with Haides/Sheol (unseen underworld). 

The man Antichrist is clearly identified by Apostle Paul when writing to the Thessalonians where he reveals him as the 'Son of Perdition'. 

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;..." (2 Thes. 2:3- KJV)  

When we analyze the Greek word for 'perdition' we find the following: 

Strong's Greek Number: 684
Greek Word:
(apwleiaV) apwleia 
Transliterated Word: (apwleiaV) apoleia
Phonetic Spelling: ap-o'-li-a
Definition: from a presumed derivative of Greek 622 (apollumi); ruin or loss
(physical, spiritual or eternal) :- damnable (-nation), destruction, die, perdition,
× perish, pernicious ways, waste.
 

We see that the word 'perdition', Greek apoleia, is derived from the Greek word 'apollumi' (see Apollyon above).  This is the same Greek word from which the name Apollyon (Beast Out of the Abyss) is derived.  As stated earlier this would seem to illustrate that the fallen angel Apollyon is the final rider of apocalypse (Death and Hell) under the fourth seal of the Book of Revelation. (Rev. 6:8)

Once again, in relation to Apollyon/Beast Out of the Abyss and the Antichrist their unity is revealed in the Greek derivation of the transliterated word 'perdition'.

“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: [apoleia – apollumi - Apollyon] and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.” (Rev. 17:8)   

“And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition [apoleia – apollumi - Apollyon]. (Rev. 17:11)

Therefore, what is actually being stated in the above Scriptures is that after the Beast Out of the Abyss rises he will enter into the 'Form, State, or Condition' of the prophesied apoleia/apollumi/Apollyon -Abaddon in which both the Hebrew and Greek languages identifies him as the 'Destroyer'.  It should be noted, that beyond John the Revelator's prophecy neither the Hebrews nor the Greeks knew of the existence of any such fallen angel from the abyss.  What the above Scriptures simply reveal is that when such an angelic being becomes a reality the Hebrew and Greek languages have words, which describe such a destroying creature – Abaddon/Apollyon.   

Whenever, Apollyon is referred to as 'Death' and 'Hell', it must be understood he is the spiritual, synonymous personification of eternal 'Death and Hell' referred to in Rev. 20:13-14.  Just as John the Revelator personified (symbolized) Jerusalem as 'Sodom, Egypt and Mystery Babylon', during the time of the seven-year Tribulation, so too is Apollyon principally synonymous with eternal 'Death and Hell'.

"And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." (Rev. 11:8)

So who will suffer death and 'Death and Hell'?  Apostle John reveals in Revelation chapter 20:13 that they are the sinful damned who will be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment of God, following the 1000-year reign of Christ, who will be cast into an eternal 'Lake of Fire'.

"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. [14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (Rev. 20:13-14)

Moreover, when analyzing the characteristics of 'Death and Hell' we must also go beyond just the natural death of humanity.  All those who have physically died or will die in the future, including all who are now alive or will be alive at that time, in the flesh but dead in sin, that have not known Christ are part of the eternal Second Death' and 'Second Resurrection'.  Please note, all those who died from Adam to Moses will be judged according to how they kept God's Law, which was a shadow of Christ that was to come.

Meanwhile, the eternal 'Second Death' and 'Second Resurrection' includes all doomed sinful spirits and souls who are now being held in the abode of Hades (Hell).  These spirits/souls will be given up to God at the Great White Throne Judgment and cast into the eternal 'Lake of Fire'.

"But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. [6] Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." (Rev. 20:5-6)

"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Rev. 20:14-15)

Escape from eternal 'Death and Hell' is through the acceptance of the 'Blood Atonement' of Christ of which water baptism becomes a physical symbol declaring an individuals spiritual death, burial and resurrection from sin (eternal Second Death and Second Resurrection).  Therefore, every Christian, who repents of their sins dies a 'spiritual death' and is raised to a new 'spiritual life'.  Conversely, all those who reach the age of mental accountability and choose to continue to live in sin by rejecting the Word of God's Christ are 'spiritually dead' and a part of the coming eternal 'Second Death' and 'Second Resurrection'.  This concept of the 'spiritually living dead' was revealed when God declared,

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (Genesis 2:17)

"Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God." (Luke 9:60)

Even the Angels who rebelled with Satan against God, at the point and time of their rebellion transformed from 'Eternal Life' with God, becoming eternally 'Spiritually Dead'.  They are now part of that great number awaiting the eternal 'Second Death' in the Lake of Fire. 

"And, behold, they [demons – fallen angels] cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?" (Matthew 8:29)

However, for all those who are to be part of the 'First Resurrection' and who have experienced a 'Spiritual First  Death' Apostle John reveals the following:

"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 John 5:12)

In summary, we can thus draw the conclusion that the following implications are within tolerable reasoning.  It is during the reign of the man Antichrist and Apollyon/Adonikam, that John the Revelator reveals there is no escape from the eternal 'Second Death' for all those who willingly worship the Beast.

"And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." (Rev. 14:11)

It is from humanity's unforgivable action of Beast worship against the direct commandments of God, which gives rise to the symbolic nature, and origin of 'Death and Hell' (Satan and Apollyon).  Thus, the following implications of Satan and Apollyon as metaphors for eternal 'Death/Hell' apply.

Satan Fallen Angel

symbolic  Death

Second Resurrection Second Death
 Lake of Fire
Apollyon 1st Beast symbolic  Hell (Hades)

eternal  Death Rev. 20:14

Second Death

Second Resurrection

 Lake of Fire

eternal  Hell Rev. 20:14

Lost Spirits/Souls  now in Hades awaiting judgment

Lost Spirits/Souls come out of Hades to be judged

In comparison with the Rapture of the Church, there will still be those at the end of the millennial reign of Christ that will be alive but dead in sin, and will be judged and changed and cast into the 'Lake of Fire'.

"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it;..." (Rev. 20:13)

Here the word 'Sea' is referring to the nations of the earth at the end of the 1000-year reign of Christ and not a literal body of water.

When referring to Apollyon as the Python, Hebrew Scriptures reveal the term 'familiar spirit' áĺŕ is used to denote, 'One who asks or inquires of an 'Ob, that is, a Python, or divining spirit (witchcraft).' This spirit was supposed to be in the person of the conjurer, and able to reveal to them secret or hidden event(s) of the future, hence prophecy.

Jewish tradition says, "Ob, áĺŕ, (familiar spirit) is the Python, who speaks from his armpits; yidde'oni is he who speaks with his mouth."  According to the Talmud, the yidde'oni used a bone of the animal called 'yaddua' in his mouth, which is made to speak by magic.  The 'possessor of the Ob' stooped while speaking to make it appear as if the spirit spoke from his joints and arms.  God clearly commanded the Hebrew children, as well as all who believe today, not to consort with those who sought after familiar spirits.

"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God." (Leviticus 19:31)

"And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people." (Leviticus 20:6)

The same term, 'divination' (Python) is used in the Greek translation of the Old Testament for those having a 'familiar spirit' such as the witch of Endor.  In addition, the Vulgate Bible also recognizes a 'familiar spirit' as a spirit of Python.

The Prophet Daniel supports the claim that the Beast out of the bottomless pit will be the source of power that energizes the Antichrist when he states,

"And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people." (Daniel 8:24)

Satan will yield his power to the Python (Rev. 13:2) because he must live to fight another day.  At the end of the Great Tribulation and the coming of our Lord Yeshua (Jesus), the angel Apollyon/Apollo Python/Adonikam and the False Prophet (Antichrist) will be cast alive into the 'Lake of Fire', but Satan will be bound in the bottomless pit for the 1,000 years (Rev. 20:2) of the millennial reign of Yeshua and His Saints.

So how does the Python spirit fit with Greek or Hebrew gematria and the number 666 - or does it (see The Beast Revealed below)?  First, we need to see the Pythian spirit at work in the days of Apostle Paul,

"And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:" (Acts 16:16).

In the above Scripture, we see that the damsel was possessed with a spirit of divination.  The Greek word for divination according to Strong’s Biblical Concordance is Greek #4436, Puthon, poo'-thone; from Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, i.e. (by analogy with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying) :- divination.

Even though God has consigned the angel Python (Abaddon/Apollyon/Apollon/Adonikam) to the abyss until his release heralding the beginning of the Great Tribulation, his legions of subservient demons/angels were/are still enthusiastically at large persecuting and deceiving humanity while devouring souls.

It is important to note that the Python, who is the MALE ANGEL Apollyon, along with his demonic henchmen, frequently in both the past and present, have transformed themselves into FEMALE GODDESSES and go to great lengths to conceal their true androgynous angelic/demonic identities.

When considering the angel Python (Abaddon/Apollyon/Apollon/Adonikam) we should understand the method by which he kills his prey.  The Python is a constrictor like none other, wrapping his cold coils tighter and tighter around the body of his helpless, struggling victim, gradually squeezing until the victim’s very breath of life is completely extinguished, and the agonizing, strangulated body then succumbs to the eternal darkness of death.  The Python’s symbolization is revealed in the cautionary commandments delivered to the early Church by the Apostles.  When faced with contentions between the Jews and the Gentiles as to keeping the rituals related to the Mosaic Law the Apostles declared the following,

"But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and
from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood."
(Acts 15:20)

Here we clearly see God’s disdain for the symbolic association between 'things strangled' and the killing apparatus of the angel Python.

As stated earlier, Apollyon/Apollo Python/Adonikam will be the ultimate source of power possessing the man Antichrist during the last 3˝ years of the Great Tribulation.  With retrospect to the similarities of the above and the Kundalini Serpent,
Yogic tradition holds that the Kundalini Serpent is coiled exactly 3˝ turns around the sacrum bone at the base of the human spine.  In addition, the three fundamental and essential elements of the practice of all Yoga are first mind control or mental imagery, second physical posturing and third controlled breathing.

More details regarding the fallen angel Apollyon and his alternate names, along with how they relate to the gematric number 666 will be discussed later in this little book under the topic of "The Beast Revealed".

Meanwhile, after discovering the Kundalini Python’s true identity as it relates to Yoga and India, it was then helpful to learn of the Python’s demented history as recorded in ancient Greece. 


Tracking the Python:

When tracking the genealogy of pagan gods/goddesses (fallen angels/demons) you enter into a world of half-truths, myths and legends.  Without question, one cannot constructively proceed unless the Spirit of God guides them through the sea of lies, name changes,
and a myriad of pagan practices It is important to note, as we journey through the myths of doctrine perpetrated by fallen angels/demons, we are not implying in any way that we believe in these mythical legends.  However, we merely use the so-called truths of these associated pagan deities as a method of tracking and uncovering their actions in the lives of unsuspecting worshipers, both past and present.

In ancient Greece the Python’s works are well illuminated by the historical, maybe even mythical, 'Oracle of Delphi' which lasted well over 1000 years.  With this in mind, just what actually is the Oracle of Delphi?


Oracle of Delphi:

Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important temple in all of Greece.  Delphi, formally known as
Pytho, lies on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in Greece, on which an earlier town known as Kastri, once existed above the ruins of the sacred compound.  In the 1890’s, after serious archaeological excavation began at the ruins, it was relocated.  Delphi, constructed around a carved domed rock, the omphalos, otherwise called the naval of the earth, was sacred and central to the sanctuary’s place of prophecy and worship.  The omphalos is said to be the tomb of Pytho who was slain by the celebrated Greek god Apollo.  The Oracle of Delphi, also called Pythia (Pythoness), was a place where possessed Pythian priestesses uttered strange prophecies.  A Pythoness (priestess) is any woman possessed with a spirit of prophecy, (i.e., a witch, familiar spirit, female guru, etc). Pythonism involves the pagan practices of divination, diving, augury, soothsaying, fortune telling, crystal gazing, astrology, and sorcery.

The discovery of the Oracle’s source of power happened long ago when, as legend records, a shepherd named Kouretas noticed his goats acting very strangely near a certain opening in the earth.  When he told others in his community about the unnatural event some of the curious investigated the fumes, were plunged into a trance and began to mumble prophecies.  Upon full disclosure and authenticity of the location, a woman was appointed to serve as the official Sibyl, or Oracle.

The temple’s earliest existence was devoted to the Earth Mother, goddess Gaea, before the Greeks rededicated it to their male god, Apollo.  According to Hesiod, Gaea was born from Chaos and gave birth to all aspects of 'Nature'.  As the Earth herself, Gaea was regarded by the ancients as the 'Mother of All' and, as such, she was the first 'Pythia' or Oracle at Delphi.  Her daughter Themis was known as the Queen of the Oracles and thus began the long line of priestesses, or queen Pythias, at Delphi, lasting more than, as stated earlier, 1000 years.

In the attributes of goddess Gaea, we can see the pagan presence and influence of Pantheism, the worship of the creation without regard to its creator.  This ever increasing 'spirit of pantheism' is evidenced today in the unrestrained and misguided love and affection unwittingly displayed by many with respect to animals.  There are now individuals who blindly refer to their pets as 'my child, the children, etc', while investing these animals with family member devotion and status.  Sad to say, as animals become more and more cherished and legally protected, the innocent children of God are aborted and abused with their dead bodies abandoned to the fires of incinerators and garbage landfills.  However, make no mistake God is a righteous judge and He hears the guiltless feeble cries of those unable to defend themselves.  

The temple continued under the control of goddess Gaea until, according to legend, Greek god Apollo, came down from the north and killed Python, who had been guarding her mother's, (Earth Mother goddess, Gaea) shrine.  According to Greek mythology, Python was the daughter of Gaia, who lived in a cave by the Castalian Spring, wrapped around a laurel tree, and was later the Oracular Serpent at Delphi coiled around the Omphalos stone.  

Meanwhile, after killing Python and taking possession of her power and of the Oracle, the god of light Phobus Apollon - Archer, Prophecy god - became 'Pythian Apollo'.  From this came the festivity in ancient Greece known as the 'Pythian Games', which celebrated the victory of the young Greek god Apollo over the female serpent Python.  Following the defeat of Python, Phoebus Apollo (bright one) dedicated a bronze tripod to the sanctuary and bestowed divine powers on one of the priestesses, and she became known as the 'Pythia'.  Apollo then claimed the temple for himself, removed goddess Gaea's Sibyl Oracles, and installed his own Pythian (Pythoness) Oracles.

After Apollo had slain the serpent Python, her body fell into a fissure in the earth where, according to legend, fumes arose from her decomposing body.  Thereafter, a tall tripod seat, with python serpents coiled around the base of its legs, was set up over the fissure in the earth.  While setting upon the tripod stool the Pythian Oracle would become intoxicated from inhaling the foul-smelling vapors arising from the alleged decomposing body of Python.  Then, the Pythian priestess would fall into a hallucinogenic trance where she would allow the
archer, prophecy god Apollo (Python) to enter her body through her sexual organ and possess her spirit.  Then she would begin her famous Pythoness prophesying.

People came from all over Greece and other parts of the world to have their questions answered by the Pythia, the scared priestess of Apollo, pertaining to the future.  City-states made generous contributions, some even established treasuries on the site, until the Christian emperor Arcadius destroyed the temple in 398 AD.  Nonetheless, Delphi and the Pythian Oracles strongly influenced and shaped the history of the world with their demonic prognostications.  While Pythian prophecies were usually in symbolic and cryptic form, it was widely believed she had the power to reveal secrets pertaining to disciplines related to medicine, history, religion, geography, politics, mathematics, music, and philosophy, as well as, the ability to discern the course of events involving the essential components of all human existence. 
As the priestess prophesied, the people inexorably believed that the god Pythian Apollo (Python) was speaking through the Oracle, merely using her vocal cords to express his wishes and advice to his fervent followers.

From the above information, one can clearly draw the conclusion that the Delphi Python is none other than the spirit behind the fraudulent Serpent Power, Kundalini.  From this discovery, we should not overlook the fact, that in both cases, the Python takes on a female gender and serves as a false pagan source of power, knowledge and wisdom. As long as the spirit of this fallen angel, Apollyon, and his demonic cohorts, continue to find willing victims to propagate their lies and deceptions through, the Scripture spoken by Apostle Paul becomes all to real.  "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" (1 Tim. 4:1).

In summary, according to Anchor Bible Dictionary,

"APOLLYON. The Greek name, meaning "Destroyer," given in Revelation 9:11 for "the angel of the bottomless pit" (in Hebrew called Abaddon), also identified as the king of the demonic "locusts" described in Revelation 9:3-10... In one manuscript, instead of Apollyon the text reads "Apollo," the Greek god of death and pestilence as well as of the sun, music, poetry, crops and herds, and medicine. Apollyon is no doubt the correct reading. But the name Apollo (Gk Apollon) was often linked in ancient Greek writings with the verb apollymi or apollyo, "destroy." From this time of Grotius, "Apollyon" has often been taken here to be a play on the name Apollo. The locust was an emblem of this god, who poisoned his victims, and the name "Apollyon" may be used allusively in Revelation to attack the pagan god and so indirectly the Roman emperor Domitian, who liked to be regarded as Apollo incarnate." (emphasis added)

According to Revelation 9:11, "And they [locusts] had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon."  Thus, Python (Abaddon/Apollyon/Apollon/Apollo/Adonikam) is symbolized by the 'locust' and is considered the god of death and plague.

In addition, we must not overlook the fact that the demon locust prophesized by the Apostle John are released from the abyss at the blowing of the Fifth Trumpet in the Book of Rev. 9:1-2.  However, their angelic king Apollyon (Python) does not arise until the blowing of the Seventh Trumpet, which marks the onset of the last 3˝ years of the Great Tribulation (Revelation chapter 13).

With this in mind before leaving ancient Greece, we need to look at just one more display of the Python’s spirit at work.  This time he appears in the spirit of a highly celebrated historical figure named, Pythagoras.


Who Was Pythagoras?

Pythagoras was a 6th-century BC Greek religious leader - first philosopher and mathematician born in Samos on the western coast of what is today Turkey.  He was reportedly the son of a substantial citizen, Mnesarchos.  He latter moved to Croton (a city in southern Italy) and started a religious and philosophical school for which he is credited, that lasted for more than 500 years.  The school’s mystic order known as the Pythagoreans, religiously believed the essence of all creation could be resolved to numbers.19  The name Pythagoras comes from the words 'Pythios', which is related to the Delphic Oracle Pythia20 and 'agora', which means market.  The three most common definitions of his name imply,
'Mouthpiece of Python, One Who Can Reveal Things, and Place of Apollo's Temple'.  Another reading has the definition of the name Pythagoras as – pytha (python) and goras (ogre/gore) - 'The Gory Python'.

Even today, Pythagoras is considered one of the brightest figures of all early Greek antiquity.  He is widely regarded as the founder of modern mathematics, musical theory, philosophy and the science of health.  However, he is probably most famous for his contribution to mathematics and the theorem of the right-angled triangles: a˛+b˛=c˛.  The ancient Romans erected a statue in memory of Pythagoras with the transcribed inscription being, 'As the wisest of mankind'.

However, there is a much darker side of Pythagoras for which there is very little said.  According to legend, Menarchus, a wealthy jeweler, was in Alexandria on business, when a Delphic Pythian priestess foretold him, that his wife Phyllis was with child and that she would give birth to a son who would stand out from other men in appearance, stature, and wisdom.  The Pythian priestess declared to Menarchus that as the child grew, he would contribute much to the benefit of the human race.  Legend records that Pythagoras' human father was the Greek god Apollo Pythia (Python).  To that extent, it is said Pythagoras was handsome and of good physical stature and resembled the god Apollo greatly. 21  This appears to have been more fact than fiction.

In his adult life, Pythagoras strongly believed in divination and the practice thereof.22  He acquired his thirty plus years of formal education in the dark Egyptian and Chaldean mysteries, at the feet of the mystic order of Egyptian and Babylonian priests.  Later he learned from the pagan Phoenicians, from whence came the pagan Queen Jezebel, wife of Israeli king Ahab.  Pythagoras believed he was the incarnate god Apollo Pythia23 and in privacy with those of his secret circle, he showed them proof by the uncovering of his birthmark, a golden thigh.24  He swore he had lived four past lives before his last reincarnation as Pythagoras.  His first was Euphorbus, second Aethalides, third Hermotimus and fourth Pyrrhus.25

He taught a doctrine of the transmigration of souls,26 which he probably borrowed from the Bacchic and Orphic mysteries, or from his visit to India.  In India, even to this day, Pythagoras' name is inscribed on some of their pagan temples as Yavanâchârya, the 'Ionian Teacher'.  Pythagoras’ doctrine of the transmigration of souls was both religious and ethical, and purported successive incarnations of the soul into the bodies of different animals.  This was a system by which certain vices/virtues, are punished and rewarded after death.

According to David Fideler, in his book, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, the people of Pythagoras' day referred to him as a god.

"Such was their reverence for Pythagoras that they ranked him with the Gods, as a general beneficent divinity.  While some celebrated him as the Pythian, others called him the Hyperborean Apollo."

Aristoxenus, a historical Greek peripatetic philosopher, asserts that Pythagoras "derived the greater part of his ethical doctrines from Themistoclea, the priestess at Delphi."27

Pythagoras is the father of what is known today as, 'Modern Numerology' where numbers symbolize letters of the alphabet.  However, this association between numerology’s letters and numbers is not to be confused with the Hebrew/Greek form known as gematria. Pythagoras’ numerological system was based on the following:

  1     2     3     4     5      6     7     8     9

A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z  

According to his system the name Pythagoras would be: P = 7, Y= 7, T=2, H=8, A=1, G=7, O=6, R= 9, A=1 and S=1.  Therefore, 7+7+2+8+1+7+6+9+1+1= 49, since all numbers in his system must resolve to a single digit, you would then have 4+9=13, resulting in 1+3= 4. It was the final numbers from an individual's name, along with their date of birth, which Pythagoras, as well as other numerologist today, would extrapolate the hidden meaning regarding the aspects and prophetic mysteries of the person’s life.

In addition, he believed that virtue was harmony and directly related to numbers, people should not eat meat, the physical part of man could be enhanced through proper diet and exercise, and the wisest thing of all was medicine.  Students in the Pythagorean School were taught to chant mantras (Yoga at its best) prior to going to sleep at night.

In summary, according to Daniel Boorstin, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, the ideas Pythagoras set in motion were, among the most potent in modern history.  Even now, many of Pythagoras’ philosophies live on in the hearts and lives of 'Free Masons'.  Pythagoras’ teachings powerfully influenced the very fiber of mathematics and physics, as well as, the western tradition of liberal education of all disciplines, evident even to this day.


Greek/Hebrew Gematria or NO gematria at all?

Reason prevailed upon me that it only made logical sense that the man Antichrist will be revealed to the ones that are the primary focus of the Book of Revelation - the Jews of Israel, as well as those of faith in the Church. 

"Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy." (Daniel 9:24)

Why would the nation of Israel and the Jews receive the revelation of the Antichrist?

"...because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith... " (Romans 11:20) "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: [27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. [28] As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes." (Romans 11:25-28)


Enlightenment

The Beast Revealed:

Why have I chosen to abandon the popular theory of 'Gematria' for determining the Name/Number of the Scarlet Abyss Beast?

After nearly 2000 years of Church history and MASSIVE traditional failed attempts using the gematria model by both theological scholars and laymen alike is proof enough, to show the number and name of the Beast, even utilizing in the last few years super computers, has little to NO fruits to bear for the 'millions' of man-hours expended. 

One of the best alleged results by those who adamantly support the gematria theory (present company once included) is purported to be the name of NERO CAESAR - who by the clear admission of Scriptures themselves, respecting Rev. 17:8-11, reveal that the 8th King had to exist before John's day of his vision, and will futuristically rise from the Abyss over 2000 years later to reign as a King once more.  How can Nero Caesar do this?  Moreover, this alleged '666' gematria of the name of Nero is also based on a corrupted spelling of the name Nero (NERON). 

Therefore, the theory of gematria is nothing more than a time consuming beast within itself, that only results in endless empty speculative assumptions and enslaves all who try to figure out the name of the Beast of Rev. 13:18 using this misguided methodology.  There are currently over 6 billion people on this planet today, not even counting those before John's day, whose names are all potential candidates (some more so than others) for the theory of gematria and the number 666.  Just how many of those names (if you could EVER translate them to either ancient Biblical Hebrew or ancient Biblical Greek correctly - NOT contemporary Hebrew/Greek) would actually equal 666 in either the Hebrew or Greek gematria models/methods, even as we currently speak - it is hopeless?  

Meanwhile, there is NO way with absolute certainty (which is a prophetic mandate with this particular prophecy) of determining whether or not we should use either Hebrew gematria or Greek gematria - and of these two methods to complicate things even more there are several variious alternatives of each of these as well - hopeless.

Moreover, even when you are successful at deriving a name in either Biblical Hebrew or Biblical Greek that equals 666 gematria, it will NOT be supported in Scripture.  Why?  There is ONLY one name in all of Scripture that equals the Hebrew gematria of 666, this is SETHUR and means 'hidden' (Num.13:13).  While this name may appear at first to be promising regarding the Abyss Beast, it proves to have no Babylonian connection as the 'wounded head' must.

                    Numbers 13:13 (KJV)
                         13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

On the other hand, for those who have given up or are simply to lazy to even try to find the name of the 8th King Abyss Beast, and go about wagging that we CANNOT possibly know what the name of the Beast is until he actually arrives - I must say, it will be somewhat 'prophetically late' to reveal the name/number of the Beast to people after he has already poked his finger into their heads and has started turning off all the lights.  

Moreover, John would beg to differ with this preposterous assumption as well. 

In Rev. 13:18 the word IS (present tense) is used when referring to the number 666 which implies that the name/number of the Beast was knowable even in John's day. 

Revelation 13:18 (KJV)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it
is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Going forward, history proves that 'gematria' has its birth in the Occult, Numerology, and Astrology.  So while gematria may seem to be somewhat benign today, it was anything but centuries ago.  So one must logically ask, would Jesus expose his Children to such a pagan methodology as a prerequisite in order to understand His prophecy? 

NO where in ALL of the Bible is gematria ever mentioned by God - Rev. 13:18 NEVER suggests the method or instrument needed for determining the NUMBER of the Beast nor what particular TYPE of Number is intended to relate or equate to the name.  Is it a social security number, house number, census number, god number, gematria number, etc., - what kind of number? 

Thus, after years of humbly and blindly plodding along behind the unproductive plow of the traditionalist gematria model, with nothing to show for my enslaved commitment but unproductive frustration (hopelessness), I can no longer find Biblical support nor logical reasoning to continue this popular but old, tired worn out methodology. 

However, all hope is NOT LOST!!!  What CANNOT be denied, and should have been explored FIRST, is that Scripture itself offers both a simple and viable alternate solution.  God told his people in Numbers 1:2 to Number their Households according to their Names (name equates to number) and Ezra 2:13 reveals that the man ADONIKAM's (Lord of Rising - 8th King Abyss Beast?) named household, had sons equal to the number 666.  In all of my feeble attempts to use the celebrated gematria models (both Greek and Hebrew) to determine the KNOWABLE name (IS) of the Beast have I EVER found ANYTHING that is IN the WORD of God ITSELF, that even comes close to this theory.  

PLEASE continue to bear with me... 

In Rev. 13:18 we read the following: 

Revelation 13:18 (KJV)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Thus, the transliterated word 'count' (gr. 5585) used in the Passage above can actually be either figurative or literal - consider, evaluate, reckon, judge, figure, calculate, etc, but here with as emphasis on the figurative.  For example, Lk. 14:28, the word 'counteth' would appear to be both figurative and literal. 

Luke 14:28 (KJV)
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and
counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

In all reality, gematria most likely plays NO part at all in determining the NUMBER of the Beast - 666.  After all, as stated the gematria theory has MANY problems that are far too numerous to even address here - greek or hebrew, and the fact that the origin of gematria itself can be historically traced to the occult, numerology, astrology, etc, and is NEVER even once mentioned nor suggested in ALL of the Bible.   

To this end, there is absolutely NO suggestion with reference to Rev. 13:18 of just how one is to 'derive' the Number of the Beast - 666.  Germatria has simply been the preferred TRADITIONAL assumption. 

Meanwhile, maybe we should take a critical look at what is right in front of our very eyes, is supported by Scripture respecting the Number 666 and a Man, and uses NO gematria whatsoever. 

   Ezra 2:13 (KJV)
13 The children of
Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

Thus, Ezra 2:13 would be the same interpreted Passage and number in ALL translated languages of the Bible - Hebrew, Greek, or whatever - much more simplified.  Moreover, God Himself set in motion the NUMBERING of the Hebrew Children.  As such, the Number of the Beast is NOT a number derived from gematria, but rather a 'census' number, directly related to the name of a man - 666.  Thus, we are given NO distinctive directions in how to actually arrive at the number of this man, whom it can be reasonably argued to be the name of the 8th King Abyss Beast.  NOT that the former 'mortal man' ADONIKAM who returned from Babylonian captivity was/will be the actual literal 8th Abyss Beast King but rather he had the SAME identical name as the Beast. 

Numbers 1:2 (KJV)
2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the
number of their names, every male by their polls;

Thus, Adonikam came back to Israel from the Babylonian captivity, and ADONIKAM means (strong's hebrew 140) Lord of rising.  What an appropriate name for the Beast of Rev. 17:8 who himself is to 'rise' from the Abyss.

In Ezra 2:2,13 we read the following: 

Ezra 2:1 (KJV)
1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and
came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Ezra 2:13 (KJV)
13 The children of Adonikam,
six hundred sixty and six.

To reiterate, what we see then, is that ADONIKAM (strong's hebrew 140) Lord of Rising returned from the Babylonian captivity as the Father of the 666 Sons (most translations)/Children/People, AND goes to Jerusalem and Judea - the pagan Temple in Jerusalem is precisely where the 8th King Abyss Beast will set up his throne when he possesses the 11th Little Horn man AC, his human host.  

It can easily be suggested that Adonikam is a TYPE example of the coming Abyss Beast.  The future Abyss Beast is the demonic 8th King of Rev. 17:11 and Rev. 17:8, who once ruled the former Babylonian Empire (Jer. 51:25) and when his Kingdom fell he was thrown into captivity in the Abyss where he remains to this day, Rev. 9:11 - the Destroyer King Abaddon/Apollyon (his occupational/vocational name).   

Jeremiah 51:25 (KJV)
25 Behold, I am against thee, O
destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

Revelation 17:9 (KJV)
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

Revelation 17:10 (KJV)
10
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Moreover, with respect to both Rev. 17:8 and 11 we see that the Beast will go into 'perdition' which means DESTRUCTION.  It is a very common misconception here, with regards to these two Passages that the Beast will 'go to his destruction'.  While it may be true in his finality that he will indeed be destroyed, that is NOT at all what these two Passages are suggesting regarding the statement - 'goeth into perdition' respecting the Beast.   

What the above statement actually reveals is that the Beast will 'go into' his VOCATION of Destruction rather than 'go into' his LOCATION of Destruction.  For example, how many times have you heard someone ask a potential college student, what are you going to 'go into' or simpler yet, what are you into?  As such, are they being asked about a VOCATION or a LOCATION?  The occupational/vocational intentions and design for Abaddon/Apollyon is that of a DESTROYER, and not merely to be released from the Abyss and then head straight to his destruction - that would make little to no sense.

PLEASE consider the following information - In Rev. 13:2 we read the following: 

Revelation 13:2 (KJV)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and
his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

In the above Passage when we realize that John was actually seeing the vision of this particularly described unique BEAST, he referenced its symbolic constructive design as having 7 Heads and 10 Horns (from the Roman Empire), the overall bodily appearance of a LEOPARD (the Grecian Empire), with the FEET of a BEAR (the Persian Empire).  However, here is where the symbolism becomes strained - the MOUTH of a LION.  Why? 

If we typically construct this above defined BEAST as a unique Beast with all of the symbolically ascribed bodily features John mentions, we must ask the question, "How can a Beast with 7 Heads ONLY have one singular MOUTH?"   There is something wrong with this symbolism if we interpretatively equate the 'singular' MOUTH of the Beast, who has 7 Heads, with that of a physical feature equivalent to those of the described BODY and FEET of the Beast itself.   

As such, I suggest the answer lies in the definition of the greek word 'stoma' (strong's 4750 - MOUTH) itself - the meaning figuratively implies the 'mouthed' LANGUAGE of the Beast - the identifier of the Beast himself.   

probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of <G5114> (tomoteros); the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication language (and its relations); figurative an opening (in the earth); specially the front or edge (of a weapon) :- edge, face, mouth. 

Thus, we must ask - did John most likely see the MOUTH or hear the Mouth?  Meanwhile, what is actually then being revealed in Rev. 13:2? 

Not only does the Beast described above represent the futuristic KINGDOM of the coming Beast 8th King, it also describes the Beast himself with respect to Rev. 17:8-11.  To this end, we see in Rev. 17:11 that the WAS/IS NOT Beast was ALSO one of the former Kings of the 7 Heads (actually one of the former first 5 Heads) of the Scarlet Abyss Beast.  Thus, Rev. 13:2 reveals that the LANGUAGE (Mouth/Speech) of the Beast is that of the LION, which we all know from the Book of Daniel would clearly identify him as Babylonian.   

Therefore, John is telling us that the 8th King Abyss Beast (the Wounded Head of Rev. 13:3) is the former King of the Babylonian Empire who shall futuristically ASCEND from the Abyss - the Chaldean LANGUAGE Mouth.

Going forward, Adonikam's name is indeed directly associated with the number 666.   

Here is where it gets interesting.  In ancient Babylon they had an occultic device called the 'Magic Square' which the pagan priests wore as a sacred amulet around their necks and used them in the worship of their Sun god.  Moreover, this Magic Square was based on a 6 X 6 sided square with numbers ranging from 1 to 36, and the total numerical value of the entire square was equal to 666 (see example below). 

The ancients claimed that God works by mathematics. Their religion was a conglomeration of religion, astrology, alchemy, physical and mental science, and mathematics. Ancient astrology divided the starry heavens into 36 constellations. These were represented by different amulets called "Sigilla Solis," or the sun seal. These amulets were worn by the pagan priests, and they contained all the numbers from 1 to 36. By these figures they claimed to be able to foretell future events. These amulets were usually made of gold, yellow being the sun color. While being carried, these amulets were wrapped in yellow silk, as it was thought that the bearer would thus receive the beneficial powers believed to emanate from the jewel.

These drawings from photographs taken in 1910, show actual amulets then in the Berlin Museum. They reveal the veneration the ancients had for the sun-god. On the front side of No.1 we see the god of the sun standing on the lion. This indicated the sun's position in the constellation of Leo during the hot days of August. On the back is inscribed "Nachyel," meaning "intelligence of the sun," and in 36 squares are arranged the numerals 1 to 36 (see table 1) in such a way that adding the numbers of any column either horizontally or vertically, and also the two diagonals crossing the square, the total is the same- 111. The sum of the six columns, computed either horizontally or vertically, is 6 x 111, or 666.

The solar seal was worn by the pagan occultic priests to honor the Basilisco KING - 666.

The second illustration is also a solar seal, but it honors the star Basilisco, which was the diminutive form of the Greek basileus (king), thus meaning the same as the Latin regulus. Now, Regulus is the only first-magnitude star in the constellation of Leo. The sun and the moon are again clearly seen on this amulet, and on the reverse side is the same arrangement of numerals, with the actual figure given of the total 666. 

The question that must be asked with reference to the above is, why were the ancient Babylonians wearing sacred amulets that were focused on the number (total) 666, seeing that John never revealed this number until Rev. 13:18 hundreds of years later - how could they have known. 

Therefore, I think we can rest assured that the ancient Babylonian occultists were NOT worshipping the future man AC, BUT they were worshipping the god 666 who is depicted on the amulet above as the god of the Sun standing on the Lion (Babylonian). 

So what can this all possibly mean?  I suggest that this 1-36 Babylonian Magic Square which totals 666 represented 36 Star constellations and the SUN was the complete master/father of the 666 STARS (ADONIKAM = 666 Sons, which implies 666 Stars, which implies 666 Angels - demonic), which most likely represents the true meaning behind the purpose of the NUMBER of the Beast - 666.  This is no doubt something symbolic regarding the angelic members of his occultic religion and government. 

The number 666 must be more than just to say OK you have used gematria, etc. and have found my name - the number 666 represents something symbolically important to the Abyss Beast, in order that he would choose to use it to represent himself.  As I have suggested earlier, the demonic Abyss Beast once ruled the Babylonian Empire and I think this ancient Magic Square which is well rooted in the Babylonian occult, has a direct correlation to the Beast and the worship of him. 

Thus, the number 666 has substantial historical Babylonian ROOTS and involves far more than just a mere number equated to a name. 

To recap, why would I, or anyone else for that matter, choose to search the proven pagan abstract models of gematria, over the WORD itself?  WHAT was I THINKING? 

God did not make this prophecy so complicated that everyone would need to hold a Th.D. or be a graduate of Harvard University to understand it NOR was it beyond understanding - man does that.  This prophecy is a WARNING and we need to know and share its understanding, or just simply leave a gapping hole in our knowledge of God's Prophetic Word. 

In closing, How could the ancient Babylonians have possibly KNOWN about the number 666 - John did not even reveal 666 until hundreds of years later and why was that particular number so important to them?  Undoubtedly, The Babylonians, (the former wounded head) were worshipping the WAS/IS NOT Beast of Rev. 17:8 - the 8th King of Rev. 17:11 at that time - the 666 Beast.

Please note the number 666 at the bottom/center of the  photo example.

Therefore, the human host Man AC (the 11th Little Horn Beast) and the 8th King Scarlet Abyss Beast (Adonikam) are TWO different personages - one a mortal man and the other a demonic spirit.

 

The Python’s Nose:

Returning to the subject Python, I began a search of the relationship between 'Smell and Yoga'.  I soon discovered that the sense of smell in Yoga is associated precisely with the Mulalhara Chakra, the base chakra of the seven energy centers of the Yogic body.  Purportedly, a Yogis Muladhara's instinctive powers are so sensitive that they can literally
'smell' trouble, truth, or deception.  Pheromones, of course, are biology's name for the way the shared-gender mystery affects Muladhara.

However, TO MY STUNNED and EXCITED AMAZEMENT, also in this same lowest chakra, the Muladhara, at the base of the spine (tailbone), according to Yogic tradition, lies the seat of the coiled Kundalini, the vital Shakti, or Female energy force prana.  The so-called wise Kundalini serpent is coiled exactly three and one-half turns around the Savayambhu Lingam (sacrum bone).  This foundation chakra is the root of all growth and awareness of the alleged Divinity of humanity.

From this serpent coiling is derived the medical symbol Caduceus which is a wing-topped staff, with two snakes winding about it, supposedly carried by the god Hermes, and according to legend was given to him by the Greek god Apollo.  The symbol of two intertwined snakes appeared early in Babylonia and is related to other serpent symbols of  fertility, wisdom, and healing, and of sun gods.  The figures (Greek Caduceus left and Hindu Caduceus right) are the symbols for  Kundalini in both Greek and Hindu mythology.

According to Yoga tradition the caduceus' two snake-like tubes, which spiral three and a half times each around the central rod, meet and cross at the sushumna in their ascent. They represent two side channels of the flow of the awakened Kundalini energy, called 'ida' and 'pingla'.  The two channels are seen as being connected to the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, which enervate the organs of the body.  

The channel, ida, is identified with the left side, negatively charged, feminine side of the body, ending above the right nostril and has characteristics of coolness related to the Moon; whereas, pingala, is identified with the right side, positively charged, masculine side and ends above the left nostril and has characteristics of heat related to the Sun.   

The 'Ida' and 'Pingala' are ideal representations of the androgynous (male/female) twin gods Phoebus Apollo and Phoebe Artemis. 

With this in mind, before proceeding further we need to explain to the reader the fundamental principles of Hebrew Kabbalah.


Hebrew Kabbalah:

Kabbalah is an attempt on the part of some Jewish men and women, to seek the God of Israel through mystical and Gnostic means.  According to Kabbalah practitioners, an ancient Jewish wisdom explains the laws of 'spiritual energy'.  In reality Kabbalah means, 'Oral Tradition' and has much of the ancient mysticism of the Jewish traditions.  Rabbi David Cooper writes in 'God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism',

"There is no simple answer to the question, What is Kabbalah? It is a collection of ancient texts, teachings, methods, and stories, but more than that, Cooper says, it is an outlook. It is a way of looking at the world that is 'founded upon mystical conceptions regarding life, death, creation and creator. It answers our questions about the meaning of life.'"28

However, the fact remains Kabbalah is a mixture of demonic activity, pagan philosophy, gnosticism and the Hebrew Bible.  With this in mind, we must clarify, Kabbalah does not originate from the God of the Christian/Jewish Bible, but is a Jewish propagation of the New Age spirit (Yoga Python) which is permeating all religions, and helping to facilitate the coming final world apostasy, as well as, the acceptance of an Antichrist.  Kabbalah teaches there is an inter-connectedness of all things and God is present in all created objects (nature's Pantheism).  According to Kabbalah tradition, humanities purpose is to discover the Divine within and attain mystical 'Union with God' (same as Yoga).  This takes place as the result of numerable incarnations.  Kabbalah parallels Hinduism in many aspects, with some of particular importance, especially the teaching of reincarnation and Yoga techniques.

Kabbalism actually surfaced during the early Middle Ages in Europe and incorporated the Hindu concept of reincarnation with Babylonian astrology and the numerology of 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mystic Pythagoras (famed father of 'Music of the Spheres').  Thus, numerology, the study of the occult significance of numbers, became an especially significant component of Kabbalah.

Kabbalah practitioners believe the true essence of God is so transcendent it cannot be described by mere words.  This essence of God is known as 'Ein Sof', which literally means 'without end', which is the concept of God’s lack of boundaries in both time and space.  In its truest form, the Ein Sof is so transcendent that it cannot have any direct interaction with the universe.  The Ein Sof (God) interacts with the universe through ten emanations from this essence or Himself, known as the Ten Sefirot. (see drawing)

The ten Sefirots are unique to Kabbalah and correspond to the individual qualities of Kabbalah’s so-called one true God.  They are listed here in descending order, Keter (the crown), Chokhmah (wisdom), Binah (intuition, understanding), Chesed (mercy) or Gedulah (greatness), Gevurah (strength), Tiferet (glory), Netzach (victory), Hod (majesty), Yesod (foundation) and Malkut [sovereignty – (Shekhinah; so-called Holy Spirit)].

Malkhut means 'God’s Presence or Kingdom' and is independent of the other nine Sefriot.  However, it contains the energies (
Shekhinah) of all the other nine.  Much like the concept of the Kundalini, keter is linked to malkhut - the first to the last.  Thus, these are the stages practitioners must go through in order to reach the so-called Divine.

In the Kabbalistic system, the ten Sefirot include both masculine and feminine qualities, with close attention being given to the feminine aspects (Shekhinah) of God.

Kabbalah scholar Moshe Schatz, who is an ultra Jewish Orthodox, declares his insights into Kabbalah as,

"Kabbalah seeks to show the unity underlying all of reality - physical and spiritual. I can tell you for sure that some of the gurus in India are teaching very high Kabbalah. Kabbalah teaches us not to reject anything. We can integrate the insights not only of science but of Buddhism, Hinduism, all human knowledge."

Devout practitioners of Kabbalah perform rituals and meditation known as kavvanah with the objective of discovering the unity of all things and restoring the cosmic order.  Accordingly, Kabbalah techniques include relaxation, meditation, breathing exercises, ritualistic dancing - especially to music with a strong beat created by different drum rhythms, which tend to be repetitive and hypnotic in quality.  In addition, Kabbalah promotes the practices of Yoga exercises, which become very helpful in inducing a state of asceticism and religious fervor, which are central to Kabbalistic magic.

The Kabbalistic master, Abraham Abulafia, as far back as the 13th century, introduced Yoga to Kabbalah.  Kabbalah advocates calling on the names of angels and summoning spirits, which is a practice most familiar to witchcraft and demon seekers in all pagan cultures.

Below is a table illustrating the direct correlations between the 10 Sefirots of Kabbalah and the 7 Chakras of Yoga.

Yoga Chakra

Body Location

Kabbalah Sefirot

Sahasrara

crown or above the head

Keter

Ajna

brow or 3rd eye

Binah and Chokhmah

Vishuddha

throat

Gevurah and Chesed

Ahanhata

heart

Tiferet

Manipura

navel

Hod and Netzach

Svadhisthana

genitals/ovaries

Yesod

Muladhara (Kundalini)

base of spine

Malkhut (Shakhinah)

Before moving to the next topic, I am compelled to respond to Rabbi David Cooper's statement that Kabbalah, "...answers our questions about the meaning of life." I can personally say that, "he could not be more distant from the truth".


Meaning/Purpose of Life:

It was during the mid 1980's that an experience happened to me that has taken several years to begin to grasp the depth of the profound wisdom of the related ideology involved.

One day while sitting at home during the late afternoon, I received news that two life long acquaintances had tragically been killed in an unfortunate automobile accident.  The two killed acquaintances were in their mid to late twenties and had died a horrifically violent and painful death.  They were approximately the same age as myself, very young, and had just begun to live.

After getting married, I had assumed a different lifestyle than they and there had been a friendly parting of our ways.  As such, I had gone on to give my life unto the Lord Yeshua, Jesus, while they had continued in the all too deceptive briefness of the pleasures of sin.

All during the evening of the day of the accident, I felt very disturbed about what had happened and I was in a somber state of mind. After retiring to bed, I continued questioning and going over in my mind what the actual purpose of life was really all about. I felt we only lived on earth for a short period of time with brief moments of happiness, but otherwise forces that were in many cases far greater than ourselves usually dictated the outcome and quality of our lives.  I remember just prior to falling asleep, asking the Lord the question, "What is the purpose of our living?"

That night, while I was fast asleep there came a sudden, now well acquainted, burst of high frequency, electrical energy that permeated my entire body. Immediately following this surge of energy, I heard a gentle voice within my mind say, "We Live To Be Possessed By The Holy Ghost". The next day, and for many days thereafter, as a young Christian, I grappled for an understanding of what I had actually heard from God.

I have since learned there are vast differences between the free will 'dove like' possession of the Spirit of God verses that of the subjugating and enslaving spirit possession of demons (fallen angels). Sad to say, we repeatedly see the serpent trail of these subjugating forces present down through history and even until this day. They are being fathered and propagated through angelic/demonic deceptions such as those of Yoga's Kundalini, Grecian's Pythian Oracle and Kabbalah's Shekhinah.

God wants us, His children, to exercise our free wills (spirits) and allow His Holy Spirit, without hindrance, to act through our spirits/souls to hurriedly, reach the lost before it is everlasting too late.

"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Rev. 3:20)

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

"And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" (Romans 10:15)

The only possession that a mortal human spirit has to offer the Almighty Living God who created all things, is by love and faith, the 'Absolute Yielding' of their God given 'Free Will' to the Holy Trinity, especially the Spirit of God.  We can see this free gift from God to All Willing humanity when Apostle Paul reveals,

"For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." (Romans 11:29)

"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24


Kabbalah's Shekhinah:

According to Kabbalism,
Shekhinah comes from the Hebrew, 'shachan', meaning 'to reside' - Schechinah, Matrona, etc.  She is God's female manifestation in man or the 'Inwohnung' (indwelling). Shekhinah is also known as, the 'Bride of the Lord or Queen', which is compatible with the Hindu Shakti (Kundalini) of Lord Shiva. Shekhinah is symbolized by many things, among which are the images of a pool, sea, wellspring, gathering of the waters, Beersheba, (literally: 'The Well of the Seven').

In this mystic Jewish tradition, the 'SHEKHINAH' is a frequently used Talmudic term describing the visible and audible manifestation of 'God's Presence' on earth.  The ultimate concept of Shekhinah stands for an independent, Feminine Divine Entity (goddess aspect of God) who is none other than God's 'Consort and Bride'.  Thus, God the King and His Spouse Queen, the Matronit-Shekhinah, celebrate their joyous, sacred marital union.  This union is reflected in humanity whenever a pious earthly, human husband and his wife perform the great 'mitzva' (commandment) (here sexual cohabitation) of marital union.  In response, the mystical power resulting from this act induces the King and Queen on high to do the same, and thus become restored to their pristine unity.

However, when Israel sins, these sins force the Divine couple to turn away from each other, and alternately when they repent, God and His Shekhinah once again unite in love.  With this in mind, Shekhinah, the indwelling female presence of God, accompanied the Jewish people into exile, becoming separated from God her King, following the destruction of the sacred Jewish Temple.  Thus, Kabbalistic tradition holds that when Israel departs from God, the Matronit - Shekhinah is said to depart from her beloved husband King, and go into exile - when this happens, the name (the Godhead) is incomplete, but consists only of 'YHW'.  Only when reunited with the Shekhinah will God, once again, become the complete YHWH (Yahweh).

Kabbalistic tradition dramatically changed how Jews view the Shekhinah.  The Shekhinah has ultimately evolved into a clearly feminine presence, the goddess aspect of God.  Much of Kabbalah focuses on the goal of reuniting the feminine goddess Shekhinah with her husband, the male God-aspect, Ha Kadosh Boruch Hu.  As such, this is accomplished by Jews performing commandments, mitzvot, and through the mystical symbolism of Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath), the Shabbat Queen (Shekhinah).  On the Kabbalist Tree of Life, the Shekhinah lives in the place called Malkhut (Kingdom of God).  As such, according to Kabbalism, Malkhut is known as Shekhinah, female Spirit of God or the alleged Holy Ghost.

Thus, Shekhinah is the liberating angel and is the 10th sefira Malkuth, otherwise the Queen.

The Kundalini spoken of in the Tantras and the Shekhinah of the Kabbalah appear to have the same function.  Kundalini is described as a coiled snake asleep at the base of the Chakric Tree.  According to John Woodroffe, the foremost scholar on Tantra, and translator of its greatest works (including the Mahanirvana Tantra) in his book entitled 'Introduction to Tantra Shastra' he states,

"Kundalini means ‘coiled.’ Hence, Kundalini, whose form is that of a coiled serpent, means ‘that which is coiled.’ She is the luminous vital energy (Jivashakti) which manifests as prana [ed. same as qi in Chinese, and ruach in Hebrew]. She sleeps in the Muladhara Chakra (Sefirah Kingdom on the Hebrew Tree of Life), and has three and a half coils corresponding in number with the three and half bindus (knots). When, after closing the ears, the sound of Her hissing is not heard, then death approaches."29

The ascent of Kabbalah's Tree of Life by the Shekhinah is called Shabat (tbs, Sabbath). On the Sabbath, Shekhinah leaving Her exile in the lower worlds, ascends via the ten Sefiroth (spheres) of the central column of the Tree of Life, and unites with her Husband Lord YHVH in the upper worlds.  This is echoed in the song of Rabbi Yitza’aq Luria, commonly found in Hebrew prayer books:

"Lekah Dodee Likraht Calah Penay Shabat neQabalah." ("Come my Beloved to meet the Bride, Face of Sabbath to receive.")

The meditation practices employed in both Mystical Kabbalism and Tantrikas (Yoga) involve a coordinated use of mantra and yantra.  A Mantra is a sacred syllable or sequence of syllables (sometimes a name, a word, or a phrase) that is used in meditation (as in dhyana yoga), usually assigned by one's guru, and believed to tune one into the divine ground of existence.  One of the most well known is the sacred sound Om (or Aum). Christians commonly know this practice as the pagan act of 'Chanting'.  Yantras are a form of a mandala, used in Eastern meditation.  A yantra consists of nine interlinking triangles, pointing upward and downward, and representing the union of Shiva and Shakti  (Kundalini).  Thus, Yantras are spiritual and material visualizations that correlate directly and specifically to the mantra.  Christians commonly know this as intense selective focusing or meditating on a pagan god (centering).

Shekhinah's foundations can be traced back to the early Hebrew goddess imagery of Asherah.  According to an internet article entitled Shabbat Hamalka, by Ilil Arbel, a writer and editor with a Ph.D. in the field of mythology and folklore, author of the book, 'Maimonides: A Spiritual Biography', and a regular contributor of articles to Encyclopedia Mythica, (an on-line, award-winning encyclopedia of mythology and folklore), she reveals the following:

"Among the goddesses representing either the female side of Yahweh or his consorts, such as Asherah, Shekhina, Anath, and Lilith, Shabbat Hamalka has a unique personality and origin. Her myth strongly influenced Jewish thought, and contributed to the strength of home and family that had improved the odds for physical and spiritual Jewish survival...

Shabbat Hamalka... means Queen of the Sabbath, and the entity is the personification of the Jewish day of rest, Saturday.  She still possesses a prominent position in Judaic mythology. For example, Israeli children, even in completely nonreligious surroundings, still sing songs to her every Friday afternoon (in Hebrew 'Erev Shabatt' meaning the Sabbath Eve) before the Queen 'descends' from Heaven to grace the world for twenty-four hours...

Her origin is extremely ancient, and as the centuries rolled, Shabbat Hamalka acquired magical qualities, combining the character of Queen, Bride, and Goddess. In addition, she took on strong erotic/romantic and cosmic/spiritual significance.  The usual Judaic connections to Akkadian myths exist in her image, because the word Shabbat resembles the name of the Akkadian feast of the full moon, Shabbatu. The romantic character of the two holidays also had much in common. For example, marital intercourse on Friday night was considered a sacred duty, exactly like the sacred sexual activity during Shabbatu..."30

Originally, Asherah (Shekhinah) was the one who dwelled in the Temple as the Bride of God.  As such, Asherah has been known by many names throughout history such as, Lilith or Eve, Anath and Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, the Shekhinah and the Matronit. However, no matter what the name she was/is loved by the Hebrews.


The Dream and the Water:

So how does the Shekhinah relate to the dream and the pool of water?

"Directly in front of the woman and myself, within mere inches (perhaps a foot), was a small shallow crystal, clear pool of water about 3 feet in diameter that was clearly visible. Just below the surface of the water in the pool, passively lay a large snake, not coiled, but crumpled up, about 3 feet in length. It was of a light yellowish color with tan spotted areas on its body. ..."

According to Kabbalah theology, Shekhinah, without question, is symbolized by many images including that of a pool, sea, wellspring, gathering of the waters, Beersheba, (literally: 'The Well of the Seven').  Therefore, what one can extrapolate from this information, is that Kabbalah's Shekhinah is directly symbolized by the element, water.  Thus, the correlation between the 'pool of water' in the dream and the Shekhinah are synonymous with each other.  In addition, the 'Moon' and the pagan astrological sign of 'Cancer' correspond with 'Water'.  The concept of a 'New Moon' will play a key role in latter sections of this book.   Please note the pool is what the Python was called out of by the Yoga woman (Yogini or Guru).


Origins

Feminine or Masculine:

No one can reasonably argue that the singular masculine possessive pronoun 'his' [autou] used in these Scriptures does not equally apply to both male/female genders.  Thus, in several examples of Scripture the singular masculine pronoun, 'his' [autou] demands the plural pronoun implication of 'their' and not just merely the word's literal meaning.  Otherwise, women would not share in the promise of eternal salvation seeing that most  Biblical Scriptures have a masculine wording.  Therefore, with this in mind James 5:20 can be transliterated to look something like such,

"Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of [Their] [Autou] way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." (James 5:20)

In both Greek and English, any linguist worth their salt knows that whether something applies to an individual or to a group depends more on context than grammatical form (singular or plural).

For example the Hebrew word for "God" is not translated the same all the way through the Bible.  In the Old Testament, elohim (a masculine plural form) sometimes means the true (singular) 'God' (Genesis 1:1); at other times it means plural 'gods' (Exodus 20:23); sometimes it means a masculine singular 'god' (1 Kings 11:33); sometimes a feminine singular 'goddess' (1 Kings 11:5); and even human 'judges' (Exodus 22:8-9).  As can be clearly seen, it is the same exact Hebrew word, letter for letter, but with very different meanings.  The corresponding Scriptures are as follows:

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

"Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold." (Exodus 20:23)

"Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father." (1Kings11:33)

"For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites." (1Kings11:5)

"If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. [9] For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour." (Exodus 22:8-9)

The fact that a word is grammatically masculine does not dictate that it always carries a male component of meaning or visa versa.  The danger of reading too much into Hebrew genders is that the Biblical Hebrew word for 'Breast', almost the most female thing imaginable, is 'shad'.  Almost to everyone's surprise, you guessed it: it is a masculine word!

For example, the Hebrew word for 'Spirit,' ruach, is grammatically feminine.  A truly literal translation of the Old Testament would refer to the Spirit of God—the Holy Spirit—as a woman or a 'She.'  The Greek word for 'Spirit,' pneuma, is grammatically neuter.  Again, a truly literal translation would refer to the Holy Spirit as 'It'.  However, in English 'It' would imply that the Holy Spirit does not have personality.  In Luke 1:35, the KJV refers to Jesus as 'that holy thing' because in Greek, the gender of this phrase is neuter.  Although in English, the word thing—even though it captures the form of the original—usually indicates an object, not a person.

In Greek, Autos (Autou) can refer to people without regard to any gender, even though it is grammatically masculine.  As shown above in Revelation 3:20, since 'anyone' is clearly inclusive, Autos must also be inclusive.  Translating the generic masculine pronoun with inclusive language is grammatically justified in any context where the antecedent is inclusive.

In addition, in the celebrated KJV a particular verse reads as follows implying a plural pronoun being used as a singular:

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." (Philip. 2:3)


The Beast and the Queen:

As we have previously shown that the name of the Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit (Abaddon/Apollyon/Adonikam) will NOT have a Hebrew nor a Greek gematria of 666. 

The 'Unholy Jerusalem' (figurative Mystery Babylon) shall be the last headquarters of the Beast and the Antichrist.  During the Great Tribulation literal Jerusalem will become the final citadel for the idolatrous, spiritual, religious system better known as 'MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH'.

To this end, a completely viable city is not composed of just its buildings, streets, mechanicals, etc., but is comprised of those components plus the vital component of people.  Thus, the heavenly city Holy Jerusalem, the Lamb's wife, is comprised of the golden buildings, golden streets, etc. plus the 'Holy Church' – body of Christ.  In stark contrast, the natural pagan city Unholy Jerusalem, (symbolic Babylon) will include the 'Unholy Church' (spiritual Mystery Babylon) and become the Great Tribulation headquarters of the Antichrist and the Beast - apostate Jerusalem.

Moreover, this unholy city will be sustained by the, "beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns." (Rev. 17:7)  Strong's Greek Dictionary defines the word 'carrieth' as both, to 'lift or sustain'.  It is quite apparent in Scripture that the pagan idolatrous city of Mystery Babylon owes her existence and livelihood to the Beast Apollyon.

Strong's Greek Number 941:
Transliterated Word:
bastazo
Greek Word: bastazw  
Phonetic Spelling: bas-tad'-zo
Definition:, perhaps remotely derivative from the base of Greek 939 (basis)
(through the idea of removal); to lift, literal or figurative (endure, declare,
sustain,
receive
, etc.) :- bear, carry, take up.

In summary, we should clarify that there is a fundamental difference between Mystery Babylon the idolatrous, spiritual religious city and the literal physical city of Jerusalem itself.  Spiritual Mystery Babylon is the mother of confusion, rebellion against God, fornication, idolatry and the destroyer of God's people.  Apostle John writes,

"And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Rev. 18:24)

Thus, Mystery Babylon is both Satan's and the Beast's beloved 'Queen'.  She is to Satan and the Beast what figuratively the Church is to Christ – part of His Bride (Holy City, New Jerusalem will be the other component - Rev. 21:2, 9).

Although, it is unscriptural to identify and claim the 'Body of Christ' as the complete and absolute 'Bride of Christ'.

To this end, as stated earlier, Rev. 21:2, 9 -10 makes it perfectly clear who the Lamb’s wife actually is. 

“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Rev. 21:2 ) 

“And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. [10] And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,..."(Rev. 21:9-10)  

However, lest we forget, cities are comprised of more than just buildings, streets, walls, gates, etc.  Thus, the most important component of any city is its inhabitants.  It is in this respect that the ‘Bride of Christ’ (New Jerusalem) will be peopled by God’s much beloved ‘Church’ (Jew/Gentile -male/female).   

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.” (Rev. 21:24)

“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” (Rev. 21:27)  

Thus, in Heaven the ‘Union’ of the Head (Christ), the Body (Church) and the City (New Jerusalem) will all merge as one to become the celebrated components of the ‘Wedding’ or the marriage of the Lamb, just prior to Jesus and the Saints returning to earth at the end of the Great Tribulation, and at the battle of Armageddon.  Therefore, the Church is but one of two major components comprising the Bride of Christ.

Moreover, Mystery Babylon does not ride the back of the Beast, but as his Queen, she sits atop ALL seven heads of the Beast, whereas the seven heads (as explained earlier are mountains and Kings – see section 'Beast Out of the Abyss') are worldly Kings/Kingdoms and peoples.

"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:" (Rev. 17:1)

"And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." (Rev. 17:15)

The summation then becomes that the Holy Spirit (masculine) is to the 'Body of Christ – Church (masculine)' what the Unholy Spirit Apollyon (androgynous) is to 'Mystery Babylon – Unholy Church (feminine) in Jerusalem'.  Therefore, the Unholy Spirit Apollyon is the infilling source of power behind both the man Antichrist and the Unholy Church in Jerusalem (Mystery Babylon).  Moreover, while the Holy Spirit is 'constructive' the Unholy Spirit Apollyon is 'destructive'.  

The worship of the 'Queen of Heaven', symbolized by the moon, was not uncommon among the Hebrew people in Jerusalem.  In the Old Testament, the Prophet Jeremiah refers to the Jew's worship of the 'Queen of Heaven' five times regarding, the burning of incense, pouring out of drink offerings, cakes made of honey, fine flour, etc., and shaped like the moon, all of which were offered to their coveted Queen of Heaven - Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17-19, 44:25.  The Phoenicians worshipped the moon goddess Ashtoreth or Astarte while the Hebrews worshiped the moon goddesses Asherah and then later Shekhinah.

Thus, the actual
name of the angelic Beast Out of the Bottomless Pit is Apollyon/ Abaddon and is none other than Apollo PythonHowever, he assumes the title of 'Queen', which later in this little book, will be shown to correlate with the actual androgynous characteristics of the Antichrist and the Beast.
 

Who Is Mystery, Babylon the Great? 

The Bible (KJV) clearly declares that Mystery, Babylon The Great is a literal city with a geographical location from where the Antichrist will reign over many kings of the earth:

 "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." (Rev. 17:18)

Following are Biblical Scriptures that reveal future JERUSALEM as this symbolic (Mystery) city:

"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [6] And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." (Rev. 17:5-6) 

Babylon is a symbolic name and Jerusalem is referred to by similar analogous names such as Sodom, Gomorrah, and Egypt.   All of these, Sodom, Gomorrah, Egypt, and Babylon are all recorded enemies of God’s people.  

 "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." (Isaiah 1:1)

 

"Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah." (Isaiah 1:9) 

Moses warns the Jews how God will punish them and destroy their land if they forsake His covenant.  

"And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: [24] Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:" (Deut. 29:23-25)

 

"I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah." (Jeremiah 23:14)

 

"Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: [28] For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. [29] And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha." (Romans 9:27-29) 

In the Book of Revelation John continues this use of mystery names for the 'Great City Mystery Babylon'.   He uses symbolism to refer to people who had betrayed God’s people. 

"And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." (Rev. 11:8) 

Revelation 11:8 is extremely important because it tells us just where this "Great City" is.  It is "where our Lord was crucified."   It is Jerusalem.  

Clothed In Scarlet and Decked With Gold 

"And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:" (Rev. 17:4)

 

"And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!" (Rev. 18:16)

 

"And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. [31] For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers." (Jeremiah 4:30-31) 

The Great City Who Declares She Is No Widow 

"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." (Rev. 17:18)

 

"How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. [8] Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." (Rev. 18:7-8)

 

"And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." (Rev. 11:8)

"How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she become as a widow she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary..." (Lament. 1:1) 

Babylon Is Called the "City that Reigneth Over the Kings of the Earth" 

"Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come." (Rev. 18:10) 

Jerusalem is also called the 'Great City'.

"For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. [5] But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation. [6] For thus saith the Lord unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. [7] And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. [8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?" (Jeremiah 22:4-8)  

                            Babylon Is the One Who Kills the Prophets


"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [6] And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."
(Rev. 17:5-6)
 

"And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Rev. 18:24) 

Compare the above Scriptures with the following Biblical verses about Jerusalem.  

"Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. [48] Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. [49] Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: [50] That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; [51] From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation." (Luke 11:47-51)
 

"The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. [32] And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. [33] Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. [34] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!" (Luke 13:31-34)

 

"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, [30] And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. [31] Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. [32] Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. [33] Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? [34] Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: [35] That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. [36] Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." (Matthew 23:29-36)

           

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." (Matthew 24:34)


Mystery Babylon Will Be Destroyed By Fire

God promised blessings to the Jews if they obeyed, Deut 28:8, and seven curses if they disobeyed, verses 15 -20.  God’s Covenant is affected by His Oath and the word 'oath' is based on the word 'seven.'  Thus, the number 'seven' represents the Covenant.  In Leviticus He threatens to punish the Jews with fire if they break His Covenant.

"And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: [16] I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it." (Leviticus 26:15-16)

  

"And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; [28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins."  (Leviticus 26:27-28)

It was prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed by fire in the following passages:

"Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, [3] And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite." (Ezekiel 16:2-3)

 

"Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:" (Ezekiel 16:35)

 

"And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy." (Ezekiel 16:38)

"And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more." (Ezekiel 16:41)

 

"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: [3] And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. [4] And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah." (Ezekiel 23:2-4)

 

"And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. [18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. [19] Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt." (Ezekiel 23:17-19)

 

"Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; [23] The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. [24] And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. [25] And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire." (Ezekiel 23:22-25)

 

"Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. [45] And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. [46] For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. [47] And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire." (Ezekiel 23:44-47)

Also, see Lamentations 2:4, and 4:11 and Ezekiel 19:12, 21:2-3, and 22:19-21.  In John's prophetic vision future "Babylon" is to be destroyed by fire.

"Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." (Rev. 18:8)

 

"For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off..." (Rev. 18:17)

Jerusalem was a center for commercial trade, but true to prophecy it was destroyed by fire in 70 AD, whereas, Rome was only partially destroyed when burned by Nero.  

The burning of Jerusalem by fire also holds theological significance.  The City of Jerusalem is often referred to as a daughter.  

"All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? [16] All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. [17] The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. [18] Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease." (Lament. 2:15-18) 

Unfaithfulness to God is frequently compared to as sexual immorality.  The penalty for fornication by the daughter of the priest called for a special punishment, and if found guilty she was to be burned to death.  

"And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire." (Leviticus 21:9) 

Therefore, when Jerusalem was offered the opportunity to accept Christ, but instead rejected Him, she is referred to as the 'Whore of Babylon' who is subsequently to be burned to death.  

The Scarlet Harlot 

Just as "Babylon" is referred to as a whore, a harlot, Jerusalem is also called a harlot. 

"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:" (Rev. 17:1)

 

"Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, [3] And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite." (Ezekiel 16:1-3)

 

"Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger." (Ezekiel 16:26)

 

"Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, [2] Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." (Jeremiah 2:1-2)

 

"Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way? [18] And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? [19] Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts. [20] For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot." (Jeremiah 2:17-20)

 

"The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." (Isaiah 1:1)

 

"How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers." (Isaiah 1:21)

 

"They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. [2] Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness." (Jeremiah 3:1-2)

 

"The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. [7] And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. [8] And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also." (Jeremiah 3:6-8)

 

"Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it." (Jeremiah 5:1)

 

"I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. [6] Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. [7] How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses." (Jeremiah 5:5-7)

 

"The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: [3] And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. [4] And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. [5] And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours..." (Ezekiel 23:1-5)


"And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms." (Ezekiel 23:11)

 

"And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. [18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. [19] Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt." (Ezekiel 23:17-19) 

 

Come Out of Her My People 

Analyze the important verse of Revelation 18:4

"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." (Rev. 18:4)

God said, 'Come out of her, my people …'

Whom does 'My People' refer to and where are they?  These are all important questions.  The term 'My People' is the answer key.

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [32] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: [33] But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Jeremiah 31:31-33) 

The term 'My People' is clearly a covenant language and is a reference to people who were supposed to be in a covenant relationship with God.  This becomes even more evident when we examine just what it means to be in a covenant.  A covenant is very different from a contract.  Thus, a covenant is as different from a contract as marriage is different from prostitution.  In a contract, two people exchange goods and services - this becomes yours and that becomes mine, or 'I will do this for you and you will do that for me.'  However, as anyone knows contracts are made and broken.  

Moreover, a covenant is an exchange of persons – 'I am yours and you are now mine.'  

"Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. [27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Ezekiel 37:26-27) 

To this end, where were God’s chosen people when John wrote Revelations?  They were still under the Old Covenant, in Jerusalem and God wanted them to abandon the Mosaic Covenant and come into Yeshua's New Blood Covenant of Grace.  Meanwhile, God could refer to them as 'My People' because they were under His Old Covenant.  Such will be the case for God's chosen people when they rebuild the Temple and give themselves over to the dictates of the Beast Apollyon and the future Antichrist.

"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. [13] Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. [14] For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." (Hebrews 13:12-14)


Summary

The Whore of Babylon is a symbolic name for the future sorcery city of Jerusalem that will be ruled by Apollyon and the Antichrist, upon whom God's judgment of fire will fall at the outpouring of the last 'Seven Vial/Bowl' judgments.

Jerusalem is the only one according to Jesus that is responsible for 'all of the deaths of all the prophets and all of the apostles and all of the saints.'  Jesus said God's vengeance would come against those people, in that generation.  At that time, they will be judged for spilling all the righteous blood shed on earth. 


The Carob Bean:

I will never forget the time when the Spirit of God taught me the interpretation of a Scripture may not always appear as it seems, but could hold other hidden meanings.

Back during the early 1980's when working with my mother on the God inspired 'Mystery Dove Box', a project designated for God's fearing children in the state of Israel, God had added a component, of which she and I did not fully understand its actual function nor size. Then, one day, I called my mother to have her ask the Lord for clarification on the added element.  As we were talking, she abruptly changed the conversation by saying the Spirit of the Lord is telling me, "John the Baptist Ate Locust and Wild Honey, and in My Spirit I Can See a Large Bean that is About a Foot or More Long."  At that time, I was a novice in the understanding of God's Word and the working of His Spirit.  Thus, this meant absolutely nothing to me.

However, after several days of research and meditation while quietly looking in libraries, for of all things a locust tree with sweet beans, I finally came upon what I considered the correct description of what my mother had seen in the vision, the 'Honey Locust Tree'.  With this answer, we then continued our work, not knowing that a far greater understanding was to be revealed much later.

In June/July of 2000, my wife and I had the opportunity to spend nearly a month traveling without chaperone in the state of Israel.  During the closing days of our visit, we had decided to spend our remaining time in the southern part of the country in the lovely resort city of Elot.  One evening while on our way to dinner, my wife accidentally twisted her ankle causing sever swelling.  Seeing that we would be unable to participate in any further activities requiring her to do any extensive walking, we decided to travel back up to the northern part of the country to the beautiful, (near heavenly), city of Tiberius located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.  Here we were to spend our remaining few days of the trip.

While there, one day we decided to visit the antiquities museum at Magdola, which housed the Galilean fishing boat that archeologists had previously discovered dating back to the first century A.D.   During our visit, we entered the museum's adjoining gift shop where we were attended by an associate named Debra.  She was a very kind and knowledgeable Jewish woman with whom we instantly enjoyed a very comfortable dialog.  Being one who is always inquisitive, I asked Debra, for what reason I do not know, if she knew of any trees that grew in Israel that produced long sweet beans.  To my surprise, she responded by saying, "Oh you mean John the Baptist's Bread."  She then instructed us that the sweet beans in question grew on what the Jews call a 'Carob Tree'. 

With my mind racing and my heart pounding, I asked Debra to tell us where we could find such a tree with some of the beans on it.  She wrote down an address of a location and off we went.  After several trial and errors, we arrived with the guidance of a young man, in front of a beautiful large tree with long beans hanging in pods all over it.  I  cannot even begin to explain how excited I was.  I had no idea that such a 'Carob Tree' even existed.

According to the internet on-line encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the Carob tree is defined as,

Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is a species native to the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its edible seed pods. Also known as St. John's Bread, the flesh of the pods tastes similar to sweetened coca, but contains no psycho-active substance and is often used as a hypoallergenic, drug-free substitute. It is most commonly put in Cakes, Icing, or sometimes, cookies. The seeds themselves, also known as locust bean, are used as animal feed and to extract locust bean gum, a thickening agent.32

Getting permission, my wife and I collected several handfuls of the beans and brought them as souvenirs back to the U.S.   It was at this time, that I actually understood the true meaning to the Scripture regarding John the Baptist's diet.  "And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;" (Mark 1:6) 

It is important to note that my mother spent the majority of her life as a housewife within approximately a 35 mile radius of her home.  There was just no way possible without inspiration from the Spirit of God, for her to have described a perfect 'Carob Bean'.  The visit to Israel by my wife and I, had occurred some 15 to 18 years after the Spirit of God had showed my mother the type of 'Honey Locust Beans' which John the Baptist had actually eaten.

Sad to say, my mother never had the opportunity to see the Carob Beans we brought back from Israel.  She passed away on January 22, 1999, 77 years young, just a year and a half prior to our visit to Israel.  On a beautiful sunny and warm Friday in January, while in good health and sitting at my Dad's side, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, without jolt or gesture, she silently slipped away from this world to be at home in heaven with her much beloved Yeshua Jesus.

I can still remember when I was just a little boy, I would watch through a crack in the restroom door while my mother would kneel before the old cast iron bathtub, as her alter of prayer.  Lifting her hands unto the Lord with hot tears streaming down her face, she would end her praying by saying, "Oh Lord, take me and use me, and when all my work for you here is done, please, give me an easy dismissal."  God still answers His children's prayers even today.   

In retrospect, I find it remarkable that the last conversation on this earth that she and I had was regarding the 'Mystery Dove Box'.  That day on the phone she joyously proclaimed, I can see it in my mind and it...  Just before hanging up the phone, I asked her as always to remember and pray for me.  However, this time her answer was quite different and like none other before.  She said, "Son, you're old enough now to know the worth of prayer, you need to go before the Lord with your own praying.  Mommy loves you honey."   We never had the opportunity to speak again because two days later she started a new life in Heaven with Jesus.


Similarities of Kabbalah and Yoga:

Yoga Chakra

Body Location

Kabbalah Sefirot

Sahasrara

crown or above the head

Keter

Ajna

brow or 3rd eye

Binah and Chokhmah

Vishuddha

throat

Gevurah and Chesed

Ahanhata

heart

Tiferet

Manipura

navel

Hod and Netzach

Svadhisthana

genitals/ovaries

Yesod

Muladhara (Kundalini)

base of spine

Malkhut (Shakhinah)


Kabbalah and Yesod:

Yesod (also known as the Foundation) is the ninth Sefirot where the emanations of the entire 'Tree of Life' are filtered through the cosmic web of basic life energy.  According to Kabbalah, Yesod is the magical link between mind and matter and the foundation/support of all existence.

Malkut is directly associated with the world (the Shekhinah's presence among her people), thus, all that comes from God is channeled from the upper eight Sefirots through the Sefirot of Yesod, before making its way to Malkut (Shekhinah).  Therefore, the only path from the upper eight Sefirot to Malkut is through Yesod.  Kabbalist believe Malkut (Shekhinah) is the receptacle of God's blessings, considered the 'pool' into which life from God flows to his righteous people on earth, among whom the Shekinah dwells.

Besides being the path 'downward, bringing God's blessings (Torah) to the world, Yesod is also depicted as representing the only 'path upward', from Malkut (Shekhinah) to the rest of the Sefirots above.

The path leading from Malkut to Yesod, is called (the path of Tzaddik).  Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, a notable Kabbalah author, stated in his commentary to the Bahir:

"Here again, "heaven" refers to Zer Anpin, while "earth" is Malkhut-Kingship.  But in a more general sense, "earth" is the physical world, while "heaven" is the transcendental.  In either case, one who wishes to ascend on high must always travel along the path from Malkhut-Kingship to Yesod-Foundation.  Looking at the diagram of paths [the kabbalistic Tree of Life] it is evident that, while there are many paths interconneting the other Sephirot, there is only one path leading from Malkhut-Kingship, the lowest Sefirah, upward, and this is the path leading to Yesod-Foundation. This path is called Tzadik, the Pillar of Righteousness, represented by the letter Tav." 33

The life energy of Yesod is usually identified with the etheric plane, the sphere of the aether, also known as the Akasha, or the Astral Light.  It is supposedly formed from the same electrical-magnetic energy that runs through each person's etheric body.  Its profound energy is the dynamo of sex, also known as Kundalini, and can be excited or aroused in a number of different ways such as prayer, meditation, sexual stimulation, and prescribed rituals.  Yesod's intensity or 'tides' follow the cycles of the moon, the waxing or full moon, alternates with the low tides of the waning or absent moon.

The unconscious sexual drive to unite opposites is symbolized in Yesod.  In the Greek language, Therion, or 'Beast', implies that animal like quality expressed in the 'Nephesh', or animal consciousness.

In its mystical sense, Yesod also carries a large number of images and symbols including but not limited to, The Tree of Life, good, peace, oath, sign, covenant, Redeemer, Mt. Zion and mitzvah.

According to Kabbalah tradition, the Archangel of Yesod is Gabriel, the ruler of the
waters of wisdom (actually the illusive Python). The Archangel 'Gabriel,' supposedly connects Yesod seekers with their alleged Creator in the God image called "Shaddai El Chiiam" which is Hebrew for 'Fountain Of Living Waters' or THE RIVER OF LIFE.  The Angelic Order who serves the Yesod Sefirot is called the "AISHIM" which means 'Sexual Archetypes'.

Kabbalist believe the 'Aspect' or 'Form' of the Creator contacted at Yesod (Shaddai El Chiiam - the Lord Of Living Waters) is the 'water' needed for the life and growth of their personal 'Tree Of Life.'

The mundane chakra of Yesod is the Moon.  Yezod is the sphere of hidden wisdom, intuition and collective unconscious. 'The Machinery of the Universe', is allegedly visualized when one enters Yesod.

YESOD promises seekers the potential ability to discover the hidden mysteries of the astral levels, knowledge of dreams, wisdom of the machinery of the universe, and inside knowledge of the Divine master plan.

God names associated with Yesod are El Hay or Elohim Hayyim (The Living God), Eternal Life, Shaddai El Chai (Almighty Living God), and Adon (Master).  In addition, Yesod is allegedly, characteristically synonymous with the Christian Jesus (Yeshua) as the 'Foundation', or the 'Stone'.

In another reference to the internet article entitled Shabbat Hamalka, by Ilil Arbel, a noted publisher with a Ph.D. in the field of mythology and folklore, she reveals the following,

"So the male side of the Sabbath came to be associated with "Yesod," the male principle of God in the Kabbalah, and the female side associated with Shekhina, who is Queen, representative of the Community of Israel, and Bride of God. This allowed Shabbat Hamalka to become the Bride of Yesod, or simply put, the Bride of God.  It also intensified the distinctiveness of a glorious female entity, ready to be worshiped.

She must be received in style. A paragraph in the Zohar starts: "One must prepare a comfortable seat with several cushions and embroidered covers, from all that is found in the house, like one who prepares a canopy for a bride. For the Sabbath is a queen and a bride. This is why the masters of the Mishna used to go out on the eve of Sabbath to receive her on the road, and used to say: 'Come, O bride, come, O bride!'...

On Friday night, all the men, representing Yesod, went to receive the Bride in the open fields around town. The poetry they recited for the ritualistic greeting included many allusions to the "Sacred Apple Orchard," a mystical place where God and his consort Shekhina celebrated their union and conceived the Souls of the Just. The connection to Ashera, who was always worshiped in glades and groves, is obvious...

At the end of the day, the men assembled again, usually at the rabbi's house, for the "Melaveh Malka" ritual, meaning "Farewell to the Queen." The ceremony included singing songs in her honor, eating and drinking, and a lecture or discussion. The Queen then departed and the work week, full of hardship and sometimes suffering, was about to begin again. The entire community, however, was always keenly aware that Shabbat Hamalka would never be away from them for more than six days."34

In the above statement by Dr. Ilil Arbel we can see the first realistic association between the Beast Out of the Abyss and the man Antichrist. Thus, the quote bears repeating with indicating emphasis. However, please do not take Dr. Arbel's statement out of its original context; she is not implying in any way that Yesod is associated with the Beast or Shekhina.  Please note that the bracketed references below are drawn from my own personal research and conclusions as they relate to Yesod and Shekhinah.

"So the male side of the Sabbath came to be associated with "Yesod," [Antichrist] the male principle of God in the Kabbalah, and the female side associated with Shekhina, who is Queen, [Beast Out of the Abyss] representative of the Community of Israel, and Bride of God. This allowed Shabbat Hamalka to become the Bride of Yesod, or simply put, the Bride of God. It also intensified the distinctiveness of a glorious female entity, ready to be worshiped." (bracketed insertions and emphasis added).

The androgynous (male/female) relationship between the Antichrist and the Beast (Apollyon) goes a long way in explaining the following Scriptures:

"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all." (Daniel 11:37)

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry..." (1 Tim. 4:1-3)

In the world of the Occult, the 'androgyne' is celebrated as the 'perfect human'. According to 'An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols' by J.C. Cooper: 

ANDROGYNE: "Primordial perfection; wholeness; the 'coincidentia oppositorum'; the unconditional state; autonomy; paradise regained; the reunion of the primordial male-female forces; the union of heaven and earth, king and queen, the two becoming the One, the all-father, all-mother.  In Alchemy the Great Work is the producing of the perfect androgyne, mankind restored to wholeness.  It is symbolized by the male-female figure or the two-faced head of king and queen, or the red man and his white wife..."

Apostle John stated that during the reign of the Antichrist the people experiencing the Great Tribulation would whole-heartedly worship the Beast (Apollyon/Abaddon - Apollo Python).

"...and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" (Rev. 13:4)


                                The Definitions

Daniel 11:37- 39:

There is additional support for the identification of both the Beast and the Antichrist found in the Book of Daniel.  The following Scriptures with highlighted words are of interest along with Strong's Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary numbers.

"Neither shall he regard the God [430] of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god [433]: for he shall magnify himself above all. [38] But in his estate shall he honour [3513] the God [ 433] of forces [4581]: and a god [433] whom his fathers knew not shall he honour [3513] with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

[39] Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange [5236] god, [433] whom he shall acknowledge [5234] and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain." (Daniel 11:37-39)

In the above Scriptures, there are six words of major interests, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary numbers 430, 433, 3513, 4581, 5234, and 5236.  We will define and analyze each one of them at a time denoting the significance of their Hebrew meanings in relation to the Beast Apollyon and the man Antichrist.

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 430
Hebrew Word:
íéäěŕ
Transliterated Word:
'elohiym
Phonetic Spelling: el-o-heem'
Definition: plural of Hebrew 433; ('elowahh); gods in the ordinary sense;
but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the
supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and
sometimes as a superlative :- angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly),
× (very) great, judges, × mighty.


"...Neither shall he regard the God [430] of his fathers..."

Here we see the Hebrew word for God, Elohiym that is the plural of 'Elowahh, where by definition God is considered the 'Supreme God'.

Next, we review the definition for the Hebrew word for 'god' and the corresponding Scriptures quoted from the Prophet Daniel (Dan. 11:37-39).

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 433
Hebrew Word: äĺěŕ
Transliterated Word:
'elowahh
Phonetic Spelling: el-o'-ah
Definition: el-o'-ah; rarely (shortened) eloahh, el-o'-ah; probably prolonged
(emphatic) from Hebrew 410 ('el); a deity or the Deity :- God, god. See 430
('elohiym).

"...nor the desire of women, nor regard any god [433]: for he shall magnify himself above all. [38] But in his estate shall he honour the God [433] of forces: and a god [433] whom his fathers knew not...

[39] Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, [433]..."

When we analyze the Hebrew word 'Elowahh' for god and its definition, we find that it can mean a deity or the Deity - a god or goddess-male or female.  Why is this important?  As we have shown earlier the alleged Holy Spirit connection with Shekhinah, Kundalini, and the Pythoness (Python) are all 'FEMALE' spirits, and the Beast/Antichrist are androgynous as well.  We therefore conclude that the alleged Holy Ghost power of the Antichrist is none other than the transformed female Shakti/Python/Shekhiniah (Apollyon  - male fallen angel Out of the Bottomless Pit).

Next, we look at the definition and Scripture for the Hebrew word for 'forces'.

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 4581
Hebrew Word:
ćĺňî
Transliterated Word:
ma`owz or ma`oz, maw-oze', (also ma`uz, maw-ooz')
Phonetic Spelling: maw-oze' (also ma`uwz, maw-ooz')
Definition: from Hebrew 5810 (`azaz); a fortified place; figurative a defence:
- force, fort (-ress), rock, strength (-en), (× most) strong (hold).

"But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces [4581]:..."

When looking at the above Biblical passage there appears to be a paradox, regarding the previous Scripture just stated, "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god:", but Daniel states he will honor the 'God of forces'. What does he really mean?

We must keep in mind the god of forces (fortifications) is an androgynous fallen male angel transformed into a female goddess.  In a book by noted scholarly author, Rev. Alexander Hislop, who wrote a time honored classic entitled, The Two Babylons, Hislop traced the genealogy of pagan gods/goddesses back to Nimrod and his mother/wife Semiramis.  Thus, Hislop states that the 'God of Forces' was,

"Who this god of fortifications could be, commentators have found themselves at a loss to determine. In the records of antiquity the existence of any god of fortifications has been commonly overlooked; and must be confessed that no such god stands forth there with any prominence to the ordinary reader. But of the existence of a goddess of fortifications, every one knows that there is the amplest evidence. That goddess is Cybele, who is universally represented with a mural or turreted crown, or with a fortification, on her head." (emphasis added)35

At this point, we need to digress from our Hebrew word definitions briefly to acquaint the reader with the pagan goddess Cybele.


Goddess Cybele/Artemis:

According to legend, the 'Great Goddess' of Asia Minor (Phrygian) is the oldest true goddess known, predating the goddesses of the Sumerian and Egyptians by at least 5,000 years.  In ancient Asiatic religion, Cybele was known as the 'Great Mother of the Gods'.
Well-published Greek tradition holds that Cybele began life as Agdistis, a hermaphroditic (male/female - androgyne) god/goddess.  She was primarily a nature goddess (Pantheism), responsible for maintaining and reproducing the wild things of the earth.  The name Cybele means Kybele - cave dweller.  Ironically, by comparison the Python was also a cave dweller who lived in a cave by the Castalian Spring.      

Cybele was worshipped in Rome as the 'Magna Mater', or the Great Queen Mother goddess, which later evolved into Catholic Mariology (Mother/Child).  She mandated that all of her priest be castrated so they could not be dedicated to any other woman/goddess other than herself.  Cybele embodied the fertile earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature and wild animals.  Cybele was purportedly the mother of the great Greek god Zeus.  Cybele later became known as the Grecian goddess Rhea. 

In addition, Cybele was idolized and shown with a crown or turret on her head, which was a symbol that she was protector of the city at a time when cities were un-walled.  Cybele's most ecstatic followers were eunuchs called Corybantes, who led the people in orgiastic (sexual) ceremonies with drinking, wild music, drumming, and dancing.

The great Grecian, Ephesian goddess Phoebe Artemis was the twin sister of the Greek god Apollo and daughter of Leto and Zeus.  

According to ancient legend, Artemis was/is a 'New Moon goddess' and her name means 'High Source of Water', hence the Moon is considered the ruler of all waters, oceanic, psychic, and menstrual tides.  

The relationship between Artemis and the New Moon is seen in Scripture whenever the Apostle John reveals,  

"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:" (Rev. 12:1)

It is clear that the 'sun clothed woman' is Israel at the point of her bringing forth the 'man-child' (144,000 Fistfruit Messianic Jews) and preparing to flee into the wilderness, marking the onset of the 'Great Tribulation' and the release of Apollyon/Artemis (New Moon god/goddess) from the abyss.   

Please note - the 144,000 are the "FIRSTFRUITS/Woman/true Israel" (Yeshua believing circumcised in heart) Jews redeemed by Christ who will flee into the wilderness for a time, times and a half-time (31/2 years) from the great Red Dragon - Rev. 12:6.

 

There is also a Scriptural language correlation to the wording 'under her feet' stated by Apostle Paul when he revealed that Jesus would rule (Millennial reign) until all enemies were put 'under his feet'

"Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him." (Hebrews 2:8)

Ephesus was an ancient trading and religious city, located in what is today's modern country of Turkey, and dates back to at least 1300 B.C.  The city was centered around the Anatolian fertility goddess, Cybele/Artemis.  As such, Artemis was/is the virgin goddess of the hunt and of the moon, and was/is celebrated by the pagan title, 'Queen of Heaven'.  The 6th day of the New Moon in late February to early March was the festival of Elaphebolia, in honour of Artemis the Deer Shooter.  Stags and cakes, in the shape of stags, made of honey and sesame seeds, were offered in worship to her. 

The entire lunar cycle in which this festival falls was once the Athenian month of Elaphebolion, and was wholly dedicated to the much beloved Grecian goddess Artemis.  In addition, the 6th day of the New Moon in late August to early September was the festival of Kharisteria 'Thanksgiving', in honour of Artemis Agrotera.  This particular month was known as Boedromion 'running for help.'   Under the Romans, Artemis became the great goddess Diana, and Ephesus became the Roman provincial capital. 

Artemis, the Mother of creatures, was also well known by the Amazonians as their much beloved New Moon-goddess.

Artemis was/is simply the androgynous female manifestation of the twin male god Apollo Python who is none other than the fallen angel Apollyon/Abaddon.

The 29-day Synodic period is the time from New Moon to New Moon and is called the 'lunation cycle', which signifies the relationship between Sun and Moon as they work together.  The myth associated with the Synodic period is that of Apollo, god of the Sun and of wisdom, and his sister Artemis, also known as Diana, goddess of the moon and of the wilderness.

Therefore, what we actually see is the mother goddess Cybele was also known as Rhea. Rhea, as a Grecian deity, was the goddess that allegedly begat Zeus, who in turn begat Artemis and her twin brother Apollo, and Artemis became the celebrated Roman, Diana.  Although, a strong belief has developed that Cybele is none other than Artemis.

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), a self-proclaimed, demon possessed, drug and sex 'fiend,' a mostly self-published author of books on the occult and magick, a poet and mountaineer, and a leader of a cult called Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), wrote in his book 'The Book of Thoth', that he identified the Empress (Mother goddess) Cybele with the Hindu goddess Shakti (Kundalini).  Crowley is not alone in this assumption.

On page 15 of his book entitled, 'Book of the Law', Crowley’s most frequently expressed idea was that as the years progress into a New Age, more and more people would come into incarnation with bisexual characteristics (androgyny).  They would become epicene (effeminate). Crowley makes a very provocative prediction that during the New Aeon (new age) people would meet both the Shakti (Crowley's NUIT) and Shiva elements of their 'Inner Self', aroused in Tantra and Kundalini.

As is evidenced from the above the evolution of goddesses (transformed fallen angels) in most cases turns out to be the one and same deity.  The only difference being a change in their names depending on the worshiping nation/culture of people.  We see a further example of this deity renaming in the similarities of the goddess Asherah of the ancient Hebrews, who actually became the more modern goddess Shekhinah.

Before returning to the Hebrew word definitions regarding the Antichrist and the Beast, I need to add just one more piece of supporting information related to the goddess Cybele/Artemis and the female Amazonians (Amazons).


Amazonians:

On 12/05/1986, in the early a.m. hours of the morning I was dreaming while asleep and in the dream I remember a voice saying, "The only ones getting a prayer through are the Amazonians."  In addition, there was something said concerning an angel that later I unfortunately could not  remember.  For a long time after the dream, I did not feel that it was from God because it had no Scriptural foundation.  Biblical Scripture is the standard of measurement for all prophecy or Spiritual insight Something just did not seem right.  Following the dream, I did a brief study of the history of the Amazonians (Amazons) and found they were an ancient legendary culture of female warriors ruled by a matriarch where men, upon the penalty of death, were not permitted to reside within Amazonian colony.

However, it was not until the research for this book in 2004, that I actually understood that the source of the dream was a 'doctrine from a devil'.  In my research, I discovered the Amazon's (Amazonians) main pantheon of deities were, Artemis/Cybele (the Python), and Ares.  The occultic worship of the goddess Cybele/Artemis was found to be in direct relation to the Amazon's way of life.  Cybele/Artemis was a pagan goddess and was worshiped during New Moon rituals.  The Moon throughout history has been seen as a symbol of femininity, just as the Sun has been representative of masculinity – hence, male/female; and its regular cycles correspond to the lifecycles of women: maiden, mother, and crone.  However, Cybele/Artemis is connected to the 'New Moon' in many different aspects that reach far beyond the scope of this little book.


Back to Hebrew Word Definitions:

So, why is it important to understand who Cybele/Artemis actually is?  According to Scripture,

"But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things." (Daniel 11:38)

"God of forces [4581]:..." We can definitely see that the god he [Antichrist] honors will be the goddess of fortresses - hence goddess Cybele/Rhea/Artemis/Diana/Shakti/Python/Kundalini/Shekhinah/et al.  (female) - Abaddon/Apollyon/Apollon/Apollo/et al (male).  Here is revealed the male/female manifestation of the one and same god/goddess, or fallen angel.  As stated above lest we forget, Cybele allegedly began life as a hermaphrodite god/goddess, both male and female - androgynous.

The gods and goddesses of ancient and classical mythology were often twins as were the kings and queens they supposedly incarnated.  Often, the androgyne appeared in myth as male/female twins born simultaneously, (ie., Isis-Osiris, Jana-Janus, Diana-Dianus, Fauna-Faunus, Helen-Helenus or Artemis-Apollo, Sheva-Shakti and even the sun-moon were united in their mother’s womb).

For a better understanding we will recap the occultic definition of an Androgyne.  According to 'An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols' by J.C. Cooper:

ANDROGYNE: "Primordial perfection; wholeness; the 'coincidentia oppositorum'; the unconditional state; autonomy; paradise regained; the reunion of the primordial male-female forces; the union of heaven and earth, king and queen, the two becoming the One, the all-father, all-mother. In Alchemy the Great Work is the producing of the perfect androgyne, mankind restored to wholeness. It is symbolized by the male-female figure or the two-faced head of king and queen, or the red man and his white wife..."

Let us look at the definitions for the Hebrew word 'forces' once again,

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 4581
Hebrew Word:
ćĺňî
Transliterated Word:
ma`owz or ma`oz, maw-oze', (also ma`uz, maw-ooz')
Phonetic Spelling: maw-oze' (also ma`uwz, maw-ooz')
Definition: from Hebrew 5810 (`azaz); a fortified place; figurative a defence:
- force, fort (-ress), rock, strength (-en), (× most) strong (hold).

As stated earlier, Scripture reveals God's hatred for Apollyon/ApolloPython/Artemis when in the Book of Acts it is demanded that Christians,

"...abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." (Acts 15:29)

Next, we look at the Hebrew word definition and Scripture for 'honor'.

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 3513
Hebrew Word:
ăáë
Transliterated Word: kabad,
or kabed
Phonetic Spelling:
kaw-bad'; kaw-bade'
Definition: a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe,
dull
) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causative to make weighty
(in the same two senses) :- abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be
chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be
grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do,
get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make
self many
, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.


"But in his estate shall he honour [3513] the God of forces:..."

We see from this Scripture that the god whom the Antichrist honors is the New Moon Beast Queen, which he declares to be his own androgynous Feminine alleged 'Holy Spirit'. Just as Jesus was empowered by the Holy Spirit of God which was invisible so will the Antichrist claim the power of the invisible angel Apollyon/Apollo Python/Artemis Moon Queen as his source of power.

We will now look at the Hebrew word definition and Scripture for 'strange'.

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 5236
Hebrew Word:
řëđ
Transliterated Word:
nekar
Phonetic Spelling:
nay-kawr'
Definition:
from Hebrew 5234 (nakar); foreign, or (concrete) a foreigner,
or (abstract) heathendom :- alien, strange (+ -er).


"...Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange [5236] god,..."

This word definition just simply defines that the god he acknowledges will be completely abstract to all relative and existing gods/goddesses. This sets aside all currently known religions of today.

Finally, we will look at the Hebrew word definition for 'acknowledge'.

Strong’s Hebrew Number: 5234
Hebrew Word:
řëđ
Transliterated Word: nakar
Phonetic Spelling: naw-kar'
Definition: a primitive root; properly to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence
(with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for,
respect, revere
, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange
toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning) :- acknowledge,
× could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know,
take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self
strange(-ly)
.


"...whom he shall acknowledge [5234] and increase with glory:..."

Take a good look at the definitions for this word. In it, you can clearly see how the strange god in which he will acknowledge will be none other than himself and the Beast.  His so-called Holy Spirit is the angel Out of the Bottomless Pit – Apollyon/Abaddon/Shekhinah/ Kundalini/Apollo Python/Artemis/et al.  This is why Daniel said that the king would not honor the God of his fathers nor worship any god. Thus, he will - behave (make) self strange (-ly), feign self to be another, and will acknowledge the Beast as his own possessive holy spirit - Queen.

"And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods,..." (Daniel 11:36)

In addition, Daniel reveals the Antichrist and Beast will not permit the competitive practice by women in worshiping any other gods or goddesses than himself.

"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all." (Daniel 11:37)

Just as it was with the goddess Cybele/Artemis and her eunuch priest, the New Moon Queen will not permit her beloved husband the king, the man Antichrist, or his subjects to worship or join themselves to any other god/goddesses other than her/him (Apollyon/Artemis).  This sounds much like a counterfeit of the Hebrew God Elohim.  The first Great Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3)

The commonality for all the above Hebrew words: God, god, honor, forces, hold, strange and acknowledge are their correlations with the Queen and the Antichrist.  Imagine for a moment if you will, the man Antichrist sitting on his throne in the Temple of God in Jerusalem exhibiting remarkable powers, knowledge, and wisdom.  No matter what you may think, or what you may have been taught regarding the Antichrist, he is still nothing more than a mortal man.  However, in order to pull off the 'Great Deception' he will fraudulently demonstrate that he himself has realistic power and authority.  Nevertheless, this type of power can only come from an external source.  Here begins the 3˝-year reign, 'Great Tribulation', of the Apollyon Python/Artemis New Moon Queen as the true source of power behind the throne.

The 'Abominable Image', or as Daniel so prophetically stated the 'Abomination that Maketh Desolate' will be a fabrication of the Great Queen and will be installed by the Antichrist in the Holy of Holies in the Temple of God.  Hence, then begins the Beast worship where the King Antichrist and his Female alleged 'Holy Spirit' New Moon Queen, will be worshiped and honored with silver, gold and precious stones as the fraudulent god of all gods.  He will be the false 'Living Almighty' possessed and infused with the power of his much beloved invisibly transformed feminine Apollyon/Artemis – the 'New Moon Queen'.  

While I have not spent a great deal of time in this little book revealing the impact of the explicit sexual behavior resulting from the pagan worship of gods/goddesses, please do not trivialize the fact that SEX has been a major thread throughout the destructive trail of the pagan angelic/demonic influences of the spirit of Kundalini, Pythoness, and Shekhinah.


The Dream Analysis Conclusion
 

The Yoga Woman and the Dream:

So who is the Yoga Woman in the dream?  The woman is representative of the 'spiritual pagan city, Babylon', or better known as 'Mystery Babylon'.  The term Yoga is used as the symbolism, for the pagan religious practice/system that calls the Beast from his imprisonment within the bottomless pit.  In order to understand the dream's symbolism we need to look at the woman's actions and rationalize her movements.

There was a small door opening to my left, which was off centered towards the southeast corner at the east end of the room where I was standing...

 

I was standing with my back towards the middle of the eastern wall of the room, and in my spirit, I could see the image of a person standing just to the right of me. Something within my mind told me it was a woman.  However, I could not make out the physical features of the woman... 

Then, the woman casually, without fear or concern, moved north along the east wall, turning west at the northeast corner, and continued moving west along the north wall towards the northwest end of the room.  At the far northwest end of the room, she stopped and remained silent. 

 

Then, the serpent slowly began to turn towards the left, north wall, following the path of the woman as though it was stalking or obeying her.  Meanwhile, in my spirit I felt as though the woman was actually controlling the response of the serpent... 

The dream reveals the woman and I were standing with our backs towards the middle of the eastern wall within the room.  However, the door of the room was offset within the eastern wall from the center to my left, or towards the southeast corner of the room.

From this, we can ascertain that the location of the pagan woman (also known as the spiritual queen city) when she calls for the Antichrist will be in the Middle East.  Thus, the question then becomes, what exact location in the Middle East correlates with where the woman and I were standing?  Here is where the dream's 'Door' comes into play.  It is a well-documented fact that the word Babylon means 'Gate of god'. Thus, the definition of the Hebrew word for 'gate' is,

Strong's Hebrew Number: 8179
Hebrew Word:
řňů
Transliterated Word:
sha`ar
Phonetic Spelling: shah'-ar
Definition: from Hebrew 8176 (sha`ar) in its original sense; an opening, i.e.
door or gate: - city, door, gate, port (× -er).

We can clearly see from the above highlighted Hebrew definition for the word gate, that it denotes a door.  However, as stated earlier, in the dream the woman and I were standing with our backs to the middle of the eastern wall just to the right or north of the door.  In addition, the woman began her move as soon as she had called the Beast (serpent) to come out of the pool of water.

Biblical Scripture indicates the Antichrist's first capital during his rise to power will be in Babylonia.  "That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!" (Isaiah 14:4) 

The Antichrist will follow spiritual Mystery Babylon and move to Jerusalem, joining forces with the New Moon Beast Queen for the last 3˝ years of the 'Great Tribulation'.  We know from Scripture that during the last 3˝ years of the Antichrist's reign, he will establish the capital of his 8th. Kingdom in the literal city of Jerusalem.

"And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him." (Daniel 11:45)

Thus, Jerusalem will be 'Mystery Babylon', symbolic (metaphoric) Babylon and not literal Babylon - the pagan queen religion and her pagan king.  So how do we justify the Antichrist having his first capital in Babylonia, seeing that Scripture clearly states God cursed 'literal Babylon' such that it would never rise again?

"Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. [40] As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein." (Jeremiah 50:39-40)

For the answer to this question we once again, look back at the dream.  As earlier stated, the woman and I were standing with our backs to the middle of the eastern wall just to the right or north of the room's door.  If literal Babylon is the 'metaphoric door' then, it only makes sense; there must be another city in Babylonia (Iraq), probably Mosul-Nineveh, (Arab. al Mawsil, Kurd. Musil), which is located to the north of the ancient city of Babylon. 

The origin of the name 'Mosul' causes some dispute.  The name of the city is an Arabic name, which has many meanings, one of which is "the linking point".  Mosul has other Arabic names such as Um Al-Rabi'ain (The City of Two Springs), because autumn and spring are very much alike there.  It is also named Al-Faiha (The Paradise), Al-Khadhra (The Green), and Al-Hadba (The Humped), and sometimes described as the (Pearl of the North).

Nonetheless, Mosul-Nineveh will most likely become the embellished, celebrated headquarters briefly at the first of the Antichrist's reign.

While the above Scriptures regarding the demise of literal Babylon are true, the 'spiritual city Babylon' (Mystery Babylon - Jerusalem) has yet to be destroyed.  This will happen after idolatrous Jerusalem becomes the final tribulation location for the symbolic city Babylon under the rule of the Antichrist, Rev. Chapter 18. 

It must be noted, the ten kings (10 horns of the abyss beast) will have independent Kingdoms prior to the last 3˝ years of the Great Tribulation.  Within one hour of the Antichrist and the Abyss Beast departing Mosul to invade pagan Jerusalem, the ten kings will form a confederate alliance with the Antichrist.  As such, the ten kings who hate the 'harlot' and will help to inflict enormous damage upon Jerusalem (short of total destruction) during the Antichrist's initial invasion.

"And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." (Rev. 17:16)

In addition, the three kings that will be plucked up by the 'little horn/Antichrist' will not occur until some point after their initial invasion of Jerusalem - the harlot.  As can be seen from the above passage, the ten kings will only eat the 'Flesh' of the harlot but her 'Spirit' will live on in support of the Antichrist until, she is finally destroyed by God at the pouring out of the Seventh Vial as recorded in the Book of Revelation chpt. 16:17-20.  

Satan's 'literal city of Babylon' was built by Nimrod, the mighty hunter, and became the seat of the first 'great apostasy' against God following Noah's flood.  It was in this city the 'Mystery Babylonian Cult' ruled by Nimrod and his Queen Semiranis, (both his mother and wife), originated with the help of demons/fallen angels. 

As stated earlier, after departing Mosul, the Antichrist will move his base of operations to his new headquarters in the city of fallen apostate Jerusalem. 

Moreover, this is the beginning of the time prophesied by Jesus when he declared,

"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) [16] Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: [17] Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: [18] Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. [19] And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! [20] But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: [21] For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." (Matthew 24:15-21)

We must be careful when analyzing pagan cities and their religions not to incorrectly associate the 'Mother of Harlots' (Mystery Babylon) with one of her pagan daughters.  The woman who rides the Beast is the 'Mother' and not one of her many pagan 'Daughters'.  Of course, it is quite clear that Satan is the father of the 'Mystery Babylon system'.  In addition, please note that the religion of this future pagan city will NOT be Catholicism, Islam, Hindu, Kabbalah, etc., but a modernized religious system of the 'Babylon Mother', a corrupted form of Yoga and Beast worship.

As such, it is important to have an understanding as to the Hebrew/Greek definitions for the word 'city', which is the word Apostle John reveals in his description of the, 'woman riding the seven-headed beast'.

"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." (Rev. 17:18)

Strong’s Hebrew Number 5892:
Hebrew Word:
řéň
Transliterated Word:
`iyr
Phonetic Spelling: eer
Definition: or (in the plural) ar, awr; or ayar, aw-yar'; (Judg. 10:4), from Hebrew 5782 (`uwr) a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) :- Ai [from margin], city, court [from margin], town.
Strong’s Hebrew Number 5782:
Hebrew Word:
řĺň
Transliterated Word:
`uwr
Phonetic Spelling: oor
Definition: a primitive root [rather identical with Hebrew 5783 (`uwr) through the idea of opening the eyes]; to wake (literal or figurative) :- (a-) wake (-n, up), lift up (self), × master, raise (up), stir up (self).

We can see from the above bolded definitions, the word 'city' comes from the Hebrew root word 'uwr, and means the opening of one's eyes and the lifting up of oneself.  For those who study Scripture, this is exactly what the Serpent in the Garden of Eden told Eve.

"For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:5)

Strong’s Greek Number 4172:
Greek Word:
poliV
Transliterated Word:
polis
Phonetic Spelling: pol'-is
Definition: probably from the same as Greek 4171 (polemos), or perhaps from Greek 4183 (polus); a town (properly with walls, of greater or less size) :- city.
Strong’s Greek Number 4171:
Greek Word:
polemoV
Transliterated Word:
polemos
Phonetic Spelling: pol'-em-os
Definition: from pelomai (to bustle); warfare (literal or figurative; a single encounter or a series):- battle, fight, war.

The above highlighted Greek definitions for the word 'city' shows it comes from the Greek root word 'polemos' which signifies warfare or battle.  This is exactly the position the scarlet harlot city, spiritual Babylon, will assume in association with the Antichrist and the Beast Queen Apollyon in their rebellion against God.  Thus, both the Hebrew/Greek definitions for the word 'city' reveal a group of individuals involved in revealing and self-uplifting warfare against God and the religious practices of the damned.

In summary, the last city to be the seat of the Antichrist and the revived Beast from the abyss will be Jerusalem.


Where the Antichrist Rises:

The Antichrist himself will come out of Assyria, better known today as the area of northern Iraq (Kurdistan) Mosul/Nineveh, which is currently dominated by Islam.  History records that both the Islam religion and the ancient city of Nineveh were devout 'Moon Worshipers' – Moon god Sin and New Moon goddess Inanna/Ishtar (Artemis).  This can even be evidenced today when viewing Islam's coveted symbol of a 'Crescent Moon' atop Moslem Mosques.  Therefore, as Scripture reveals,

"There is one come out of thee,[Nineveh] that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor." (Nahum 1:11)

"And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men." (Micah 5:5)

"Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. [9] And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land." (Daniel 8:8-9)

Thus, following the death of Alexander the Great in Babylon, his Grecian Empire was divided into four divisions:

(1) Cassander took Greece, Macedon and the western parts of the Empire.

(2) Lysimachus took Asia Minor, or present Turkey and Thrace, the northern part of
the Empire.

(3) Seleucus took all the eastern parts of the Empire, including Syria and
Babylon, or the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran.

(4) Ptolemy took the kingdom of Egypt, the southern part of the eEpire.

Alexander's Empire was literally divided "toward the four winds of heaven" as stated by the Prophet Daniel 8:8.  It is from the Seleucus division the Antichrist (little horn) will arise.

Moreover, the Antichrist will most likely be from the Tribe of Dan or have a strong affiliation with them.   When the Jewish patriarch Jacob was dying, he declared,

"... Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days." (Genesis 49:1)

"Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. [17] Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. [18] I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord." (Genesis 49:16-18)

In the Book of Deuteronomy 33:32, it is revealed, "And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan."

In support of these Scriptures, we find in the Book of Revelation that whenever the 'Servants of God' were sealed to go through the tribulation 'Trumpet Judgments' the Tribe of Dan was excluded and replaced by Joseph's son Manasseh.

"And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. [5] Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. [6] Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. [7] Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. [8] Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand." (Rev. 7:4-8)

In addition, the prophet Jeremiah revealed that the Antichrist would come from Dan.

"The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein." (Jeremiah 8:16) 

Jesus also alludes to an association between the Antichrist and the Tribe of Dan whenever He prophetically discloses to His disciples where His return will take place.

"And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [carcass/ruin/death – Antichrist/Apollyon] is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." (Luke 17:37)

Anyone who studies Judaic history knows that Jewish tradition holds that the Tribe of Dan marched and encamped under the banner/standard of an Eagle (formally a serpent) with the Tribe of Judah represented by a Lion, Ephraim an Ox and Reuben the Face of a Man.

The Prophet Daniel makes it clear that the Antichrist will derive his economic wealth by taking control of the Middle Eastern oil fields.

"He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time." (Daniel 11:24)

The Hebrew word for 'fattest' is mashman, which is derived from the root word shaman, which means to be oily.

Strong’s Hebrew Number 4924:
Hebrew Word:
ďîůî
Transliterated Word:
mashman
Phonetic Spelling: mash-mawn'
Definition: from Hebrew 8080 (shaman); fat, i.e. (literal and abstract) fatness; but usually (figurative and concrete) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man: - fat (one, -ness, -test, -test place).
Strong’s Hebrew Number 8080:
Hebrew Word:
ďîů
Transliterated Word:
shaman
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-man'
Definition: a primitive root; to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causative make) oily or gross :- become (make, wax) fat.

With regard to the Prophet Daniel, Dan. 9:27 was fulfilled by Antiochus IV Epiphanes when he choose the Tobiad family and Jason as the new High Priest to replace Onias III (190-174 BC) who was murdered by Andronicus?  

After Jason wrongly hears that Antiochus had died in battle in Egypt, he forsook his covenant with Antiochus (Daniel 11:30).  Thus, midway through the seven years covenant (Dan. 9:27; c.f. 7:25; 8:14, 26; 12:7), Antiochus concludes there is a revolt at hand, and responds by violating and plundering the Temple (Dan. 11:31; 1 Maccabees 1:20-23), and banning the traditional Jewish practice of Daily Sacrifices (Dan. 9:27; c.f. 7:25; 8:11-13; 11:31; 1 Maccabees 1:41-53).  He even made the Temple an altar for Baal / Zeus - the "abomination that desolates" (Dan. 9:27; 8:11-13; 11:31; 1 Maccabees 1:54-55).  

Thus, if this should prove to be evident with Daniel 9:27, and the alleged covenant/peace agreement is removed from the prophetic man Antichrist equation, there are NO further Scriptures to support a 7 year terrorist reign for a man Antichrist, but rather only a 31/2 years Antichrist reign during the last half of Daniel’s 70th Week, hence the Great Tribulation.  

"And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." (Rev. 13:5) 

What we see in the above Scripture is that the Abyss Beast (Apollyon) is given a ‘MOUTH’ (False Prophet who is none other than the man Antichrist and the Second Beast of Rev. 13:11-12)  

"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. [12] And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." (Rev. 13:11-12) 

It must be noted that traditionalists cannot suggest that the man Antichrist will fulfill Daniel 9:27 regarding a 7 years peace covenant, and then interpret Rev. 13:5 as referring to the man Antichrist also.  Rev. 13:5 states that, "and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."

While the man who will become the Great Tribulation Beast Antichrist will most certainly be alive at the middle of Daniel’s 70th Week, he will in no way be the much-dreaded man Antichrist as described in prophecy at this time.  He does NOT become the Beast man Antichrist until he rises and is possessed (infused with power) by the fallen angelic Abyss Beast Apollyon, marking the onset of the Great Tribulation – last 31/2 years of Daniel’s 70th Week.   

It only makes sense that if Yeshua Jesus is the One and Only True Prophet then, the Man Antichrist is the One and Only False Prophet (mouth).  Therefore, Rev. chapter 13 reveals that the False Prophet rises after the First Beast (Abyss Beast Apollyon) and only exists 31/2 years.  

Therefore, the UNHOLY Trinity consists of Satan, Abyss Beast, and the Man Antichrist.

Going forward, the final resolve at some point for Iraq will result in the country being partitioned into three distinct states or three autonomously federated states/regions - Kurds in the north (Mosul), Sunnis in the center (Baghdad) and Shiites in the south (Basra).  According to Biblical Scripture, this will work toward the coming Antichrist's advantage.

"And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings." (Daniel 7:24)

As the above Scripture indicates the Antichrist, (little horn) when risen to full power marking the middle of Daniel's 70th. Week (at the beginning of the Great Tribulation), from among the 10 kingdoms that come out of the old Roman Empire, will subdue three kings and the other seven kings will freely capitulate to his rule.

"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things." (Daniel 7:8)

"For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled." (Rev. 17:17)

The old Roman Empire had two powerful capitals.  The west had the celebrated capital city of Rome while the east had the capital city of Constantinople, today's modern city of Istanbul, Turkey.  As such, loosely speaking, these ten kingdoms will probably include nations such as Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Serbia, (all Balkan states) Syria, Turkey, and the three kingdoms of Iraq.  To this end, the Islamic states will be Daniel's 'toes of iron, while the Balkan states will fulfill the toes of clay'.  There will be five from the western part of the Roman Empire and five from the eastern part of the Roman Empire.

"[41] And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay." (Daniel 2:41-43)

Thus, the Antichrist's ten-nation kingdom will be a mingled confederation of countries ruled by the brutal iron grip of dictators while the other member states will be ruled by much weaker and less aggressive democracies or the will of the people.

Then, after the Antichrist has successfully taken full control of this revised ten-nation confederation at the onset of the 'Great Tribulation', he will immediately begin his military conquest towards the south, the east and towards Jerusalem, Israel.

"And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land." (Daniel 8:9)

One of his first targeted goals will be to march eastward and capture the current nation of Iran (ancient Persia – feet of the bear - Rev. 13:2).  It would appear that Iran is presently at the threshold of a successful nuclear program and baring some miracle, will result in Persia developing its own nuclear weapons.  That being the case, Persia's capture will fortify the Antichrist and his waxing kingdom with a position as a major world power.  He will move aggressively to control the rich oil resources of the Middle East catapulting his kingdom into both a military and an economic global threat.

As the U.S. grapples to find a viable exit strategy from Iraq and the realistic possibility of a sustainable democracy appears to be unattainable, the Israeli government is currently involved in a diplomatic dance with the devil on its own behalf.  To their own unsuspecting, future demise, Israel is expanding its long-standing relationship with Iraq’s Kurds and establishing a significant presence on the ground in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.  Israeli intelligence and military operatives are now quietly at work in Kurdistan, providing training for Kurdish commando units and, most important in Israel’s perception, conducting covert operations inside Kurdish areas of Iran and Syria, utilizing their Mossad, Israel’s clandestine foreign-intelligence service.

In addition, Israel is quietly supporting an independent Kurdistan, which will serve as a friendly ally buffer state between Syria, Iran and her own national security interest.  Why, Israel feels particularly threatened by Iran's nuclear potential, and one whose position in the region has been strengthened by the Iraqi war.

In support of the established relationship between the Jews and the Kurds we find that in 2001, a team of Israeli, German, and Indian scientists discovered that the majority of Jews around the world are closely related to the Kurdish people - more closely than they are to the Semitic-speaking Arabs or any other population that was tested.  It would appear Jewish Judean people ultimately began their existence in an area within or nearby Kurdistan.  Scripture would seem to support this theory depending upon your concept of where the ancient city of Haran actually resides - today's southeastern Turkey.  It should be noted that just as with the other cities of Mesopotamia (Babylon - male Moon god Sin and female New Moon goddess Inanna/Ishtar/Artemis) the inhabitants of Haran were devout 'Moon Worshipers'.

"And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there." (Genesis 11:31)

With the above in mind is it any wonder why the Israelis will not be reluctant to sign a seven-year covenant with the Antichrist who comes from a region they consider to be a long-time friend and ally.  Meanwhile, in accordance with the covenant the Antichrist will use Israel as a land bridge between his northern kingdom and his military expansion ambitions southward or the continent of Africa.  However, in the middle of the seven-year agreement Judea and Jerusalem will have little warning whenever the Antichrist denounces the covenant and brutally captures both Jerusalem and the coveted Jewish Temple declaring himself to be the one and only 'True God'.

Moreover, it is only reasonable to assume that it is next to impossible to nuke or defeat an unsuspected enemy you have willingly invited into the living room of your own home.

It must not be overlooked the rise of the Antichrist and his confederated kingdom will occur at lightening speed.  Scripture reveals,

"And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast." (Rev. 17:12)


Babylonian Empire – The Head Wounded Unto Death

Why do I suggest that the Babylonian Empire is the point of reference in Rev. 13:3, 14 regarding the ‘head that was wounded unto death by the SWORD and whose deadly wound will at some point in the future be healed’. 

According to Daniel 10:20, it is revealed that pagan earthly Empires are ruled by fallen angelic Princes/Kings.  Thus, such is the case with the pagan Empire(s) that have oppressed and will oppress Israel and the Jews in relation to the Seven Headed/Ten Horned Abyss Beast. 

            The summation is this – in Rev. 17:9-10 we see the following:  

Rev. 17:9-10
    And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. [10] And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
 

By interpretation, the ‘Seven Heads’ are the seven pagan earthly Empires/Kingdoms (mountains) that have and will in the future oppress Israel – Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, Roman, and Antichrist.  However, as stated before each of these Empires had/will have an earthly human King(s) as well as according to Daniel 10:20 a fallen angelic King(s). 

In Dan. 7:17 we read the following: 

Daniel 7:17
    These great beasts, which are four, are four
kings, which shall arise out of the earth.  

In the above passage we see that the 4 Beasts are 7 Kings and the Hebrew base word ‘melek’ used here does NOT mean KINGDOMS – although we do know from other related passages that these 4 Beasts do actually represent 4 Kingdoms as well. 

melek, Hebrew 4430, Strong’s
melek,
meh'-lek; (Chaldee); corresponding to Hebrew 4428 (melek); a king :- king, royal. 

However, it must be noted that the transliterated Hebrew word (letter for letter) ‘mlkin’ used here, is used 10 other times in the OT, in this particular Hebrew tense/form and in each and every instance its meaning is the same - plural ‘Kings’.  For further reference, it is used in Dan. 2:21 (twice), 47; 7:17, 24 (twice); Ezra 4:15, 19, 22; and Prov. 31:3. 

This being said, it is well known that of the four empires in question each had multiple human Kings and NOT just one singular King as revealed in Dan. 7:17 above.  That being the case, we must then conclude that the Kings being referred to CANNOT be ‘human’, but must therefore be ‘fallen angels’, hence the fallen angelic Princes/Kings of the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian and Roman Empires.  

Meanwhile, as I have suggested many times before Biblical Beasts in reference to Empires includes – The Beast Kingdom itself, the Fallen Angelic Beast that rules the Beast Kingdom, and the Human King Beast that also rules the Beast Kingdom subject to the fallen angelic Beast (see Dan. 10:20 model – Prince of Grecia and Prince of Persia). 

What we then see from the above is that the four Beasts (fallen angelic KINGS) had their dominions (Kingdoms) taken away but their lives were spared for a season.  Apostle John describes the final 7th Kingdom of the Sea Beast as follows: 

Rev. 13:1-2
    ...saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having
seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. [2] And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion...
 

As such, the final 7th Antichrist/Abyss Beast Empire that John saw included the revised vestige components of each of the four former Empires in question - the Assyrian Empire (mouth of a lion), the component of the Medo-Persian Empire (feet of a bear), the component of the Grecian Empire (like unto a leopard), and the component of the Roman Empire (ten horns).   

So why is this important?  In Rev. 13:3 we read the following: 

Rev. 13:3
    And I saw
one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
 

If as we have discussed before, the 7 Heads of the Abyss Beast represent the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, Roman, (coming Islamic?) and the Antichrist Empires then, the ‘head wounded to death’ would most logically be the Babylonian Head.  Why?  John reveals in Rev. 17:10 that the 7 fallen angelic Kings of these 7 Empires existed/will exist(s) as follows: 

Rev. 17:10
    And there are seven kings:
five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
 

Therefore, as we know, five of these former fallen angelic Kings and their subject Kingdoms had already fallen before John’s day, (see above) and the fallen angelic Abyss Beast King had to be number 8, but COULD NOT be number 6 (one IS - Rome) or number 7 (yet to come), then he would have to be one of the first 5 fallen angelic Kings.   

In summary, Scripture makes it clear that the man Antichrist will be an Assyrian (Isaiah 10:12) from Nineveh (Nahum 1:11) and most likely the fallen angelic Abyss Beast King who will possess/empower him will be the former demonic angelic Prince of Babylon (Abaddon/Apollyon/Adonikam).  Therefore, the 3nd former Babylonian Head/Beast King becomes the 7th Abyss Beast Head of the final transitioned 7th Beast Kingdom, with the Abyss Beast himself becoming the 8th King (Rev. 17:11) of the 7th Beast Kingdom.   

The Prophet Jeremiah declared that the Babylonian Empire was a 'DESTROYING MOUNTAIN' (see Abaddon/Apollyon - the Destroyer).

Jeremiah 51:25 (KJV)
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

PLEASE consider the following NEW information - In Rev. 13:2 we read the following: 

Revelation 13:2 (KJV)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and
his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

In the above Passage when we realize that John was actually seeing the vision of this particularly described unique BEAST, he referenced its symbolic constructive design as having 7 Heads and 10 Horns (from the Roman Empire), the overall bodily appearance of a LEOPARD (the Grecian Empire), with the FEET of a BEAR (the Persian Empire).  However, here is where the symbolism becomes strained - the MOUTH of a LION.  Why? 

If we typically construct this above defined BEAST as a unique Beast with all of the symbolically ascribed bodily features John mentions, we must ask the question, "How can a Beast with 7 Heads ONLY have one singular MOUTH?"   There is something wrong with this symbolism if we interpretatively equate the 'singular' MOUTH of the Beast, who has 7 Heads, with that of a physical feature equivalent to those of the described BODY and FEET of the Beast itself.   

As such, I suggest the answer lies in the definition of the greek word 'stoma' (strong's 4750 - MOUTH) itself - the meaning figuratively implies the 'mouthed' LANGUAGE of the Beast - the identifier of the Beast himself. 

probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of <G5114> (tomoteros); the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication language (and its relations); figurative an opening (in the earth); specially the front or edge (of a weapon) :- edge, face, mouth. 

Thus, we must ask - did John most likely see the MOUTH or hear the Mouth?  Meanwhile, what is actually then being revealed in Rev. 13:2?  

Not only does the Beast described above represent the futuristic KINGDOM of the coming Beast 8th King, it also describes the Beast himself with respect to Rev. 17:8-11.  To this end, we see in Rev. 17:11 that the WAS/IS NOT Beast was ALSO one of the former Kings of the 7 Heads (actually one of the former first 5 Heads) of the Scarlet Abyss Beast.  Thus, Rev. 13:2 reveals that the LANGUAGE (Mouth/Speech) of the Beast is that of the LION, which we all know from the Book of Daniel would clearly identify him as Babylonian.   

Therefore, John is telling us that the 8th King Abyss Beast (the Wounded Head of Rev. 13:3) is the former King of the Babylonian Empire who shall futuristically ASCEND from the Abyss - the Chaldean LANGUAGE Mouth.

Thus, the summation is this, the ‘mouth’ of the 1st Beast that John saw represents both the Assyrian Empire as the revived 2nd Head of the Seven Headed Beast that was wounded unto death, and the coming Assyrian man Antichrist/False Prophet (2nd Beast).

The premise of my theological ‘suggestion’ is simply this, “If we can find the name/number of the 7 Headed Scarlet Abyss Beast (fallen angel/prince/king) that once ruled the Babylonian Empire (the head wounded unto death,) we will have found the name/number of the coming man Antichrist”- they will be one and the same name/number. 

Why?  Revelation 13:18 states the following: 

Rev. 13:18
   
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it
is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.  

When we look at the above red highlighted transliterated word ‘is’ (see Strong’s 2076 below) we see that one of the applicable definitions is the word is ‘consisteth’, and I suggest this is the 7 Headed Abyss Beast, who is also the ‘inherent/element/component’ name/number of the man Antichrist.  We see this exact same Greek word and tense applied in a direct statement from Jesus in Luke 12:15 - KJV. 

Luke 12:15
    And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth [esti] not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
 

2076

esti
esti
es-tee'

third person singular present indicative of eimi - eimi 1510; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.

Additionally, Scripture reveals two of the many names of the 7 Headed Abyss Beast is Abaddon/Apollyon (Hebrew/Greek respectively) the ‘destroyer’ and relevant to Revelation 17:8, 11 where the transliterated word ‘perdition’ (Greek apoleia) means ‘destruction’.  

Rev. 17:8
    The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition...
 

Rev. 17:11
    And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
 

Moreover, we find that the Greek word ‘apoleia’ (Strong’s #684) – ‘perdition’ is a derivative of the Greek word ‘apollumi’ (Strong’s #622) - destroy.  Thus, the transliterated word/name Apollyon (Greek apolluon – Strong’s #623), is an active participle of the earlier mentioned Greek word ‘apollumi’ (Strong’s #622) – destroyer

Meanwhile, I suggest that the man Antichrist (the Assyrian from Mosul/Nineveh) will assume the exact name/number of the 7 Headed Abyss Beast when he takes his Temple throne after invading Jerusalem declaring himself to be ‘god’.  

In summary, I therefore pose a couple of relevant questions, “If as many suggest, the 1st Beast out of the Sea is actually the man Antichrist and the 2nd Beast is his false Prophet, per Scripture who actually forces the masses to take the Mark of the Beast – 1st Beast, 2nd Beast or the Idol Image inspired by the 2nd Beast?” 

Rev. 13:15-17
    And he [false prophet/2nd Beast] had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. [16] And he [false prophet
or Image?] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  

In Revelation 19:20, 20:10 following the Battle of Armageddon we find that the Beast and the False Prophet are both taken and cast alive into the ‘Lake of Fire’, but the Dragon/Satan is bound and locked in the former prison of the 7 Headed Abyss Beast, the Abyss for 1,000 years.  Therefore, if the 1st Beast is actually the man Antichrist as many suggest, and the 2nd Beast is actually the False Prophet, then, “What happens to the 7 Headed Abyss Beast who both carries Mystery Babylon and instigates the death of the ‘Two Witnesses’ of Jesus – Rev. 11:7”?


Will the Man Antichrist Actually Rule the Entire World


 

As powerful as the Roman Empire was, it did NOT rule the WORLD, nor did they ever conquer Persia either.  For that matter, there has NEVER been ANY Empire in World History that has ever RULED the entire WORLD.  The ONLY Empire that will ever do this is the Kingdom of the Stone that was cut out without hands- Yeshua Jesus (Dan. 2:34-35).   

Daniel 2:35 (KJV)
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a
great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Likewise, as great as America has been, it has NOT, nor does it even now, rule the ENTIRE WORLD – influence YES, but rule NO.  The very definition of a DICTATOR is an ‘absolute’ ruler, not merely an influencer.  Many Bible students are herein misguided in their supposition that the Beast man AC will RULE a ONE WORLD SYSTEM as its Supreme Dictator.  

However, Rev. 13:1-2 defines the CONFIGURATION of the Beast’s Kingdom – the 7th Head. 

Revelation 13:1-2 (KJV)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Posted below is the strongest Scriptural argument many cite for the Beast’s absolute CONTROL (dictatorship) of the ENTIRE World.  As such, I have taken the liberty of posting the prophecies of Dan. 2:39 and 7:23 directly below the cited Passage, regarding Rev. 13:7, for comparison.  From the analysis of the three Scriptures, I ask humbly those who support a Global Dictator theory to PLEASE prove any supposition that the Roman Empire DEVOURED and BROKE IN PIECES the WHOLE (entire) Earth, or humbly accept the fact that these quoted Passages are written in the language of synecdoche – a 'figure of speech' that is CONTROLLED by corresponding Scriptural CONTEXT.

Revelation 13:7 (KJV)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and
power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Daniel 2:39 (KJV)

39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule over all the earth.

Daniel 7:23 (KJV)
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and
shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

To this end, let us temporarily assume for the moment that we are actually living in the early pre-Christian period and the only prophecy we have with respect to the Kingdoms in question is Daniel’s…(I have posted both above and below the verses in direct relation to the Babylonian, Grecian and Roman Empires). 

Therefore, after reading or hearing of these same Daniel prophecies we would have also most likely thought that these Empires (Babylon, Grecian and Roman) would have LITERALLY ruled the entire World as well. However, the reality is that they did NOT and history proves this.  The prophecy of the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, declared that “wheresoever the children of men would dwell,” that Nebuchadnezzar would RULE (not merely influence) over them.  As the map of the Babylonian Empire below illustrates, this was never the case.  Thus, Nebuchadnezzar reigned ONLY within the boundaries of his Empire and as such, the statement, 'wheresoever the children of men would dwell, that Nebuchadnezzar would reign over them.' must be understand as a FIGURE of SPEECH - a linguistic synecdoche. 

Moreover, like the Grecian and Roman Empires that were to later follow the Babylonian Empire, Babylon did NOT rule Persia, the vast majority of Africa, India, China, and the list goes on…see maps below.  

Daniel 2:38 (KJV)
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

With respect to the Grecian Empire we see that it also was to RULE over the entire EARTH - likewise history records this is NOT the case. (see map)

Daniel 2:39 (KJV)
39
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

Daniel 2:40 (KJV)
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

Daniel 7:23 (KJV)
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.



Jeremiah 27:6-7 (KJV)

6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

Here are a few more examples of Biblical Synecdoche used in both the OT and NT - as any avid Bible Student will quickly recognize these Scriptural examples highlighted in red below, are not intended to be understood as literal, but rather Figures of Speech, hence, Synecdoche.

Genesis 41:57 (KJV)
57 And
all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

1 Kings 10:24 (KJV)

24 And
all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Luke 2:1 (KJV)
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that
all the world should be taxed.

John 12:19 (KJV)

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold,
the world is gone after him.

Going forward, the man Anti-Christ is the 11th Little Horn King of Dan. 7:8, and ONLY rules over the 10 HORN Kingdom(s) described by John in Rev. 13:1-2.

Thus, Rev. 13 itself limits the Kingdom of the Antichrist to the 10 Kingdoms that are yet to be formed inside the old Roman Empire territory (Dan. 7:23-24).  The Beast only has 10 Horns, plainly teaching that a limited geographical area of the earth is to be under the RULE of the man Antichrist (Rev. 13:1; 17:12-17) during the Great Tribulation or also known as the Time of Jacob's Trouble.


As such, Rev. 17:8-17 also limits the Kingdom of Antichrist to the 10 kingdoms - the 10 horns ... they are 10 Kings, which have received no Kingdom as yet, but received power as Kings with the Beast ... these shall give their Kingdom unto the Beast.

 

Moreover, in Dan. 7:7-8, 23-24 we are given the definite location of the future 10 Kingdoms. They are to be inside (OUT OF), not outside the old Roman Empire territory.  Therefore, America and many other lands and nations were never a part of the old Roman Empire, so they will not be a part of the 10 Kingdoms to be formed in the last days inside the 7th Beast Empire.  Thus, NO country outside the 10 Kingdoms will be RULED by the dictator man Antichrist and NO Mark of the Beast will be forced upon anyone outside the Kingdom of Antichrist.

 

In Dan. 9:27; 11:40-45 Antichrist takes over Israel and many other countries, "but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon," which would be today's modern Jordan and Arabia.  If these countries escape Antichrist, these being on the very border of Palestine which itself will not escape him, then it is easily conceivable that many countries across the vast world will also escape him.

 

Meanwhile, Scripture reveals that many in Israel will also escape the Antichrist arriving safely in the wilderness of Edom and Moab, where they are protected of God for 3 1/2 years, or during the time the whole world is allegedly taking the Mark of the Beast (The Sun-Clothed Woman).

In Dan. 11:44-45 it states that the countries North and East of the 10 Kingdoms under Antichrist will make war on him.  These countries too, then, are not ruled by him and are not therefore forced to take the Mark either.

In Rev. 16:13-16 we have 3 Unclean Spirits like Frogs going forth working miracles through ambassadors thus seeking the cooperation of many nations to help Antichrist against Jesus Christ at Armageddon. These also will not have been conquered by him or be under his direct authority, or they would not have to be persuaded to help him at Armageddon.  If the Antichrist ruled them and they loved him enough to worship him and take his Mark, such demonic ministries would be completely unnecessary.  

In Rev. 13:4 we have proof that there are nations whom the Antichrist has not conquered.  If ALL nations were under the DICTATORIAL RULE of the man Antichrist, it would be somewhat foolish to raise the question about, who can conquer him.

Therefore, what does Rev. 13:1-2 actually mean if it is not describing and defining the geographical Empire of the Beast…MOUTH of a Lion (Babylonian Empire), FEET of a Bear (Medo-Persian Empire), BODY of a Leopard (Grecian Empire) and the 10 Horns (KINGS) that will come OUT OF the former Roman Empire - which were all component fragments of former Empires.  Where are all of the symbols of the other nations of the WORLD (China, India, the Americas, Southern Africa, etc.,) if they are submissive participants of the global phenomenon? 

Thus, in order for those who support the misguided theology of a ONE WORLD SYSTEM ruled by the man Anti-Christ to have any creditability whatsoever, they must reconcile Dan. 7:23 and Dan. 2:39-39, which uses this very SAME type of Rev. 13:7 synecdoche language, with the FACTS of history that reveal by logical default, that these cited verses were ONLY prophetically intended as a figure of speech, and no more.   

Moreover, they must also explain and recognize John’s LITERAL description of the Beast Kingdom in Rev. 13:1-2, where he takes great pains in explaining its configuration, while revealing the absence of ALL of the other nations of the world. 

Revelation 13:7 (KJV)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and
power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

In summary, what is unfortunately being promoted by many from the above Passage, is that there will be a One World Dictator, a One World Religious System, a One World Government, and a One World Monetary System…which in and of itself CANNOT be supported nor validated by Scripture.  

However, sad to say, those who are so adamant about this theology, just simply choose to ignore ALL of the other relevant Scriptures of both Daniel, Revelations and clarifying CONTEXT, that clearly reveals that this is a synecdoche.   

Meanwhile, there is a vast difference between DICTATORIALLY RULING over people(s) and that of INFLUENCING people(s). 

Americans are indeed being INFLUENCED by Muslims and Islam (especially economically), but we are by no means, here in our homeland, being beheaded by them, nor being forced to observe their much beloved Sharia Law or worship their PAGAN god ALLAH. 

As such, I am pleased to report that more and more individuals who are avid students of the Word and weighing the preponderance of its evidence, are coming to realize this so called mega monster is nothing more than hyperbole, in terms of its speculative GLOBAL DOMINION.  


 

Marriage – Divorce – Remarriage

As far as this ministry is concerned our view on ‘Divorce and Remarriage’ is as follows.  When studying God’s Word we always take the position of letting the Word speak for itself.  Thus, according to Scripture (KJV), 

“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? [4] And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, [5] And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? [6] Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”’ (Matthew 19:3-6)  

What we see from these above Scriptures is that in the beginning God made Adam and Eve – two became one flesh.  As such, in God’s mind he did not intend divorce.  If Adam or Eve had decided to ‘divorce’ then to whom would they have married?  In addition, while Adam was created from the dust of the earth, Eve was created from the bone and flesh of Adam.  Hence,  

“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” (Genesis 2:23)  

Moreover, what God personally thinks about divorce we find in the following Scriptures: 

“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. [15] And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. [16] For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.” (Malachi 2:14-16) 

So what did Jesus have to say on the subject of Divorce and Remarriage? 

"It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: [32] But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." (Matthew 5:31-32)  

Thus, according to Jesus the only legitimate and viable Scriptural ground for divorce is for the cause of 'Fornication', which we will define a little later in this article.  However, what we see from the above Scriptures is something unique.  Hence, if a man/woman divorces their spouse for reasons other than fornication he/she causes them to commit adultery.  How could this cause the innocent in a divorce to commit adultery?  Look at what Apostle Paul says regarding this subject. 

"For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband." (Romans 7:2)  

Therefore, if the woman/man marries or lives (shacks up) with another, they commit adultery, because they were not divorced (loosed) from their spouse on legitimate Scriptural grounds.

So what is FORNICATION?  According to Strong's Biblical Hebrew Dictionary, we find the following:

Zanah, Hebrew 2181, Strong’s
zanah,
zaw-naw'; a primitive root [highly fed and therefore wanton]; to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figurative to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah) :- (cause to) commit fornication, × continually, × great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish. 
Taznuwth, Hebrew 8457, Strong’s
taznuwth,
taz-nooth'; or taznuth, taz-nooth'; from Hebrew 2181 (zanah); harlotry, i.e. (figurative) idolatry :- fornication, whoredom. 

Again, according to Strong's Biblical Greek Dictionary we see, 

porneia, Greek 4202, Strong’s
porneia,
por-ni'-ah; from Greek 4203 (porneuo); harlotry (including adultery and incest); figurative idolatry :- fornication. 
porneuo, Greek 4203, Strong’s
porneuo,
porn-yoo'-o; from Greek 4204 (porne); to act the harlot, i.e. (literal) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figurative) practise idolatry :- commit (fornication). 
ekporneuo, Greek 1608, Strong’s
ekporneuo,
ek-porn-yoo'-o; from Greek 1537 (ek) and Greek 4203 (porneuo); to be utterly unchaste :- give self over to fornication. 
 

Thus, with respect to both the above Hebrew and Greek definitions, as can clearly be seen fornication simply is defined as, ALL illicit [proscribed] sexual intercourse that is both condemned and forbidden.  The only thing one needs to apply here is an understanding of the Holiness/Righteousness of God along with His intended purpose for His creation.  

Is homosexuality/lesbianism wrong?  Yes.  Is prostitution immoral?  Yes.  Is incest wrong? Yes.  Is bestiality (sex with an animal) an abomination?  Yes.  Is adultery wrong?  Yes.  Is pedophilia (sex with children) wrong?  Yes.  Is necrophilia (sex with dead corpses) an abomination?  Yes.  As illustrated, the list goes on and on.  Thus, fornication includes any and all imaginable unclean sexual actives plus idolatry – Israel was and will be in the future married to Jehovah.  From the above you can clearly begin to see that Scripture does not define per incident in each culture's specific language all sins within a given category.  In this case, the 'Inspired Word of God' simply lumps all immoral sexual sins and the lustful worship of pagan gods under the generic heading of 'Fornication'.  

Moreover, do not make the foolish mistake of thinking that just because the lustful sin you may want to commit is not listed by name in the Word of God, that you have God's blessing.  Instead, you must search the Scriptures to see if God proscribes your intended fleshly lust under a generalized heading for sin. 

Meanwhile, what else did Apostle Paul have to say about divorce and remarriage?  Actually what we find in Scripture is that Apostle Paul was extremely conservative on this subject and complied exactly in accordance with God's Law.  As such, 

"Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? [2] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. [3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man." (Romans 7:1-3) 

 

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord." (1 Cor. 7:39)  

Apostle Paul continues by stating,  

"Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God." (Romans 7:4)  

So what is Paul saying?  He was/is simply making the analogy to the Jews/world that they were once married to the Mosaic Law, which had/has, become dead due to the redemptive work of Jesus Christ – His death on the cross, paid the penalty for our sins and brought the Mosaic Law to a close.  Paul is only making the point that with the death of one of the marriage partners in this case the Mosaic Law, the other partner is now free to marry Christ. 

However, do not be confused into thinking that God's moral laws are dead.  Murder under the Mosaic Law is still murder under the New Covenant of Christ.  Theft under the Mosaic Law is still theft under the New Covenant.  Fornication under the Mosaic Law is still fornication under the New Covenant.  Adultery under the Mosaic Law is still adultery under the New Covenant.  This is why Apostle Paul cautioned whenever he declared,  

"For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, [freedom to sin] but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Galatians 5:13-14)

 

"For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Romans 13:9)  

You have been called to total freedom from all the law, but do not let this cause you to think that you have no responsibility or obligation to live righteously.  The New Covenant demands righteousness of all people and the love of your neighbors as yourself. 

Moreover, Paul continues by revealing that if you are married, stay married (!!!), and do not go about looking for an occasion to get a divorce.  In reciprocity, if you are legitimately divorced do not go about looking for a wife/husband.  

"Art thou bound unto a wife [husband]? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife [husband]? seek not a wife [husband]. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you." (1 Cor. 7:27-28)

 

"For I would that all men were even as I myself [unmarried]. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. [8] I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.    But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn." (1 Cor. 7:7-8) 

So why would Apostle Paul advocate remaining unmarried? 

"But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: [33] But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. [34] There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction." (1 Cor. 7:32-35)  

Therefore, what happens if an innocent martial partner is left, abandoned, or put away (divorced) due to no fault of their own?  What we see from the above and below Scriptures is while Paul emphatically advocated the bonds of marriage many think he left open, depending on your interpretation, the door for the possibility of legitimate Scriptural divorce and remarriage.   

"But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace." (1 Cor. 7:15)  

However, Jesus declared, that if a spouse puts away (divorces) their spouse for reasons other than fornication they cause them to commit adultery, because they were not legitimately loosed (free from the law) to remarry.  Having said this, there appears then to be a paradox between Paul's statement (1 Cor. 7:15) and that of Jesus (Mat. 5:32). 

"But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace." (1 Cor. 7:15)  

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the
cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall
marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
"
(Matthew 5:32) 

How could this be?  Many eager detractors today have wrongly twisted Paul's statement to imply that he felt that if an innocent individual was/is left (divorced) through no fault of their own they were/are free from the law (bonds of marriage), thus advocating the possibility of remarriage to another on legitimate Scriptural terms. 

Paul made no such declaration.  Point in fact is that what Paul implied was that a brother or a sister was not subservient to the sinful request and demands of the departing unbeliever.  Christians were not to compromise their faith in Christ in order to gain acceptance of an unbelieving spouse.  They were not to try and violently restrain a departing spouse just to remain married.  Paul clearly stated..."but God hath called us to peace."   

Look at the transliterated Greek text from a couple of other well published Bibles that clearly show Paul's original intent for 1 Corinthians 7:15. 

"But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another." (Bible in Basic English – BBE)

 

"If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace." (Weymouth's Bible –WEY) 

As plainly indicated by these Scriptures, Paul in no way suggest the abandoned (deserted) spouse be given the right to usurp God's law and remarry another.  They were/are to remain single or to be reconciled to their former spouse, unless the departed unbeliever later commits fornication.  This so-called 'Pauline Privilege' for divorce and remarriage on the grounds of abandonment (desertion) is born out of the pagan practices of Catholicism.

Therefore the summary of this argument is, if the alleged Pauline Privilege was to be an acceptable instrument of Divorce/Remarriage, it only stands to reason that Jesus would have declared, 'If any man puts away his wife, except for the causes of fornication and desertion, he causeth her to commit adultery...' 

In addition, the concept of fornication by 'idolatry' and the perpetual oneness of marriage are plainly illustrated throughout the history of Israel in their relationship to Jehovah.  When Israel has attempted to put away their God Jehovah, and marry other pagan idolatrous gods, the result is always the same.  God declares them an idolatrous, adulterous harlot, which results in their being profoundly punished.  Therefore, how can Israel ever be legitimately married to another god other than their one and only true God Jehovah, who shall never die nor commit fornication against them? 

Remember YOU and not God are the one who makes the decision on whom you will marry.  So take it very seriously. 

            When we look at the actual Greek word for 'Bondage', we find the following. 

douloo, Greek 1402, Strong’s
douloo,
doo-lo'-o; from Greek 1401 (doulos); to enslave (literal or figurative):-
bring into (be under) bondage, × given, become (make) servant. 

Nowhere in this definition does it imply the dissolving of the martial bond or 'God's Law of Marriage and Divorce'.  It simply means the individual abandoned is not a slave to keep the marriage together and continue the support of the departing unbeliever at any cost.       

Meanwhile, Paul returns to the subject by cautioning illegitimate divorces by stating, 

"And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: [11] But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife." (1 Cor. 7:10-11) (visa-versa husband depart from wife)  

So what was/is Paul saying?  Simply, if an individual departs or divorces their spouse for unscriptural reasons they are never again marry; otherwise, it will result in adultery.  If they are ever again to have a marriage partner, they must return to their former spouse.  

Therefore this begs the question, can an individual say that they left (divorced) their martial partner for illegitimate unscriptural reasons while they were in sin, and since that time, they have sought the Lord's forgiveness and want to remarry another individual other than their former spouse.  After all, does not Scripture say that when one comes to Christ, all things become new? 

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Cor. 5:17)   

However, let us look once again at what Jesus and Apostle Paul had/has to say on this matter. 

"But I say unto you, That whosoever [Christian or Sinner alike]  shall put away his wife, saving [Except] for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." (Matthew 5:31)

 

"And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: [11] But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife." (1 Cor. 7:10-11) 

What must be understood about sin is, 'while the act of the sin within itself can be forgiven by God, the natural consequences of that sin will still remain.'  For example, if a partner in a marriage commits adultery and an illegitimate child results, the guilty person can seek God's forgiveness.  However, the natural consequences of that sin, the illegitimate child remains.  Again, if someone commits murder, seeks and finds God's forgiveness, the innocent victim is still no less dead.  As such, if it was a heinous premeditated murder God has ordained government to take the life of the perpetrator of such a crime against humanity – sin, even though they have received forgiveness.  Therefore, the natural consequences of their sin remain. 

While it may sound unfair or unjust, because Adam and Eve sinned against God, even though we have been born again and redeemed by the 'Blood of the Lamb' we still have to die (short of the rapture) – the natural consequences of the stain of sin continue.  

Thus, the summation of the matter is this If someone is legitimately put away (divorced) for 'fornication', while they can receive forgiveness, the time limit and consequence of the penalty for their sin is such that, that individual must remain unmarried for the remainder of their life or be reconciled to their former spouse.  There are those that would say wait just one minute, I have remarried and there are now finances, children, etc. involved.   This only serves to complicate the issue but does nothing by way of legitimizing the sin.   

"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." (Proverbs 16:25)  

Please note that if it is adultery before we seek God's forgiveness it is adultery after we have received God's forgiveness, if we continue in the same practice.  In another example, if we are a thief who has secured God's forgiveness for this sin, we are still a thief if we continue the same activity.  Hence, 'God Forgives Us Of Our Sins but Not In Our Sins.'   

If fornication does not carry a natural life long consequence then the marriage vowel of 'until death do you part' becomes meaningless.  We then would fall into a wrongly applied category of how many times we should forgive our brother or sister for their trespasses. 

This would ultimately result in the destruction of the institution of marriage as we see ever so evidenced today.  With this in mind, what do we see?  Get an unscriptural divorce, remarry and go to Church and get forgiveness.  Don't like that partner, or God has allegedly told them that the partner they now have is not the one He would like for them to have.  No problem, get another unscriptural divorce and just simply find a new Church, and you got it, get forgiveness for their sin, remarry and start all over again, infinitely.  Thus, in today's society there seems to be no such thing as the sin of adultery. 

This should get the attention of those who hold to the permissive 'any reason is acceptable' for divorce/remarriage conundrum.  They easily accept a divorced individual from a typical heterosexual relationship, applying forgiveness and remarriage both readily and amicably.  However, if the divorce is subsequent to one of the partners having engaged in the habitual repugnant sins of pedophilia (sex with children), necrophilia (sex with dead corpses), or bestiality (sex with animals), this causes an immediate pause.  Nonetheless, according to God sin is sin – big or little.  So it only stands to reason that anyone, with pleasing God in mind would not advocate or condone a marriage to a fornicator with this type of sin as a perquisite, even though they had been forgiven – the natural consequences remain.   

From the above information we can easily ascertain that when someone considers divorce they must establish the 'One and Only Scriptural Ground Permissible – Fornication.'  Thus, the only acceptable means for the disannulling of the marriage contract is through death, fornication, or idolatry.  In addition, they should have a sober attention that they are walking a very fine line, and should not be deceived by weak Churches whose major thrust is to increase membership and financial growth, at the expense of the unsuspecting.   

Sad to say one of the most proliferate sins in America today is 'adultery'.  Why?  The Church has become complacently silent on this subject because of fear and financial gain.  We need to return to the days when men and women of God gladly bore the cross of truth with fire and courage, and stood before the world and boldly proclaimed, 'Thus Saith the Lord'.   

In his own words Apostle Paul declared, 

"From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus." (Galatians 6:17)
 

"Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. [25] Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; [26] In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; [27] In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness...[31] The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. [32] In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: [33] And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands." (2 Cor.11:24-27, 31-33)  

In closing, I encourage you to search the Scriptures for the truth, for in them you will either gain Heaven or enter Hell.  It is entirely an exercise of your own free will.    


My Personal Understanding of the Kundalini/Shekhinah Experience:

So, what do I personally think after all my research regarding the realistic existence of the highly coveted Kundalini and Shekhinah experience?  I would like to express my feelings about this subject in the most scholarly and academically phrased term possible, 'Demon Inspiration'.

Why?  It is true that the potential 'symbolic' power of Yoga's Kundalini and Kabbalah's Shekhinah resides within the body of each individual.  However, it stops there!  Kundalini or Shekhinah viewed in the context of being the so-called equivalent Holy Ghost power of 'a god' or 'The God' is nothing, but a cleaver lie fabricated by the fallen angels/demons of darkness.  One only needs to look at the pagan belief systems and practices performed by Yoga and Kabbalah practitioners/worshipers.  These abominable practices fall into three main categories – targeted mind control, physical posturing, and controlled breathing.

OK, so what does that have to do with the awakening of the Serpent Power?  Plenty, the human body as designed by God (Elohim) is a mechanical marvel of ingenuity at the highest level.  The body is capable of producing chemical concoctions that baffle scientific scholars and discovery endeavors to this day.  Unlocking all the hidden mysteries associated with the mechanical design, not to mention the spiritual, of the human structure and brain would take the better part of eternity.  Moreover, the alleged wisdom of science is just beginning to 'reverse engineer' what God created some six thousand years earlier.

Regarding the potential of the human body to produce volatile chemical substances, it bears mentioning that some of these manufactured chemicals can be both explosive and deadly.  The body is a highly complex miniature chemical factory producing hormones, acids, adrenaline and many other powerful chemically based fluids in small quantities.  As such bodily functions, for the most part, are controlled by the brain.

However, the extreme demands from Yoga's/Kabbalah's practitioners and worshipers subject the mechanical body to 'abnormal' stresses of excessive self-induced proportions.   The targeted mental, breathing, and physical mandates that Kundalini/Shekhinah seekers place upon the squeezed human body are completely out of its intended functioning bounds.  Humankind has always, under the influence of fallen angels/demons persisted in using God's creations for abominable purposes.  For example, homosexuality is a repugnant abuse of the human body and the will of God.  In addition, the atomic/hydrogen bomb has no realistic purpose in a God fearing environment.

When the body is forced through the pagan practices of Yoga and Kabbalah to perform unnatural functions it responds in the areas of its weakest self-defense.  Abnormal breathing, physical posturing and targeted psychological suggestion all work in tandem to compel the body to produce abnormal chemicals, in abnormal quantities, and release them in abnormal locations, at abnormal timing intervals.  The results of these combined self-induced concoctions create an unnatural internal explosion of chemical and electrical energy propelling itself through the body.  Just as with all forces, this energy will seek to follow the path of least resistance.  Thus, the components of the body specifically designed to transmit and receive electrical energy are the spinal cord, nerves and brain.

As stated earlier, if improperly aroused the so-called Kundalini and Shekhinah awakening can destroy the physical mechanics of the human brain, as well as other vital organs of the body.  Examples of dysfunctional human bodies in the extreme can be seen in the unnatural occurrences regarding the fires of 'spontaneous human combustion' (not to say they are caused by Kundalini/Shekhinah awakening).  It only makes sense that forcing the human body to inhale/exhale oxygen and hydrogen in unnatural proportions, two highly explosive elements, along with squeezing the glands and mental centering can lead to nothing but disaster.  Moreover, whenever abnormal chemicals are added to this equation the result is the natural body's unnatural Kundalini/Shekhinah experience.

Having no personal experience with such an unnatural internal explosion, it is no wonder why people can be deceived into believing the lie of Yoga and Kabbalah, that they are being baptized in the coveted Holy Ghost fire.  This is DECEPTION at its best.

The Kundalini and Shekhinah experience are simply the abused body's response to abnormal and abominable human behavior and complies with God's laws of nature, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.  To this end, you reap what you sow.

If you continue to abusively stress your body through pagan practices to go beyond its God given natural functioning, so you can satisfy your lustful appetite for sexual, physical, and psychological ecstasy, you will temporarily reap the unnatural Ungodly reward of the Kundalini/Shekhinah experience.  However, be lovingly advised, in the end you will answer to the God who created all and your next spirit baptism will be in the fire of Hell!

Therefore, what is Satan's purpose in fostering the pagan concepts of Yoga and Kabbalah all about anyway?  The answer is very simple and straightforward, Satan is not omnipotent, omniscient or omnipresent.  He is merely an angel.  He was created Lucifer, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty, but in the exercise of his own FREE WILL he chose to walk beyond the commanded boundaries of God and as such, became of his own volition Satan, the fallen angel and the father of 'Death'.  As a created creature, Satan is restricted to being in one place at one time.  The only power he has other than himself is that of fallen angels and mortals that choose to worship and serve him.  Unlike the Holy Spirit, power of God, Satan does not have the capability of the omnipotent, omnipresent indwelling of human souls.  Hence, he must use possessing demons as his vehicle for the 'indwelling of human souls'.

With this in mind, we must understand that angels/demons cannot exercise their wishes and wills upon the 'uninitiated' natural human in such a way that would violate their free wills.  However, for those individuals who willfully seek initiation and enter the world of the occult, Yoga, Kabbalah, Witchcraft, Shamanism, etc., they are in essence putting out their free will welcome mat for demonic possession. I would like to reiterate a quote by Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize Winner, regarding the pitfalls of Yoga when he declared, "People are literally teaching themselves how to become demonized."  To this end, the alleged Kundalini/Shekhinah awakening is nothing more than an instrument from Satan, using humanity's own natural bodies, to subvert the God given human conscience allowing demonic entry into the mortal soul.


Where Do Demons Come From?

In dealing with the pagan system of idolatry, Apostle Paul declared by inspiration from the Spirit of God that the things that Gentiles offer to idols, they sacrifice unto devils/demons/fallen angels.     

"But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils." (1 Cor. 10:20)

Paul continued his prohibition of Christian traffic with fallen angels when he declared,

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" (1 Tim. 4:1)

There are many theories as to the origin of demons.  The most popular beliefs are that they originate from the spirits of fallen angels, spirits of the departed dead, spirits of the giants, or spirits from the pre-Adamic age.  From my own personal Biblical studies, I must subscribe to the fallen angel theory.  In doing so I follow the Scriptural direction of,

"Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:" (Psalm 104:4)

"And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire." (Hebrews 1:7)

Additionally, it is clear from many New Testament Scriptures that Jesus Himself referred to Satan as the 'Devil'.  Thus, if Satan is the (a) Devil then it only makes sense that all of his fallen cohorts (angels) are devils as well.

"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Rev. 12:9)

"But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils." (Matthew 9:34)

To this end, God created angels as disembodied spirits capable of transforming and manifesting themselves into many different shapes/forms in their appearances and appreciations to humankind – both good and evil angels.

While I do not agree there is one interesting theory postulated from the Book of Revelation, where we read,

"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. [14] For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." (Rev. 16:13-14)

What we see from these Scriptures is that unclean spirits were coming out of the mouths' of angels.  It would seem to appear that angels are fomenting from themselves inferior, eternal, disembodied spirits with a particular design and purpose.  We can only speculate that there would have to be some instrument of numerical control over such actions. 

We know without a doubt that the 'Dragon' is the angel Satan and the 'Beast' is the angel out of the bottomless pit, 'Apollyon/Abaddon/Apollo Python'.  The False Prophet (the man Antichrist) is depicted as coming up out of the earth with two small horns like unto a lamb, "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." (Rev. 13:11)  The False Prophet is actually the source of leadership behind the two false human prophets that prophesy in contrast to God's two authentic Prophets during 3˝ years of the Tribulation.

"And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth." (Rev. 11:3)

Jesus Himself, who was/is the 'Chief of all Prophets', is referred to as a 'horn',

"And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David..." (Luke 1:69)

In addition, we can clearly see from the above that the 'Unholy Trinity' is comprised of two fallen angels - Satan, and the Beast (Queen Apollyon), and the mortal False Prophet (the man Antichrist).  The Antichrist is just another human being willingly used by the false angelic powers of darkness.  In summary, please do not correlate the man Antichrist with Jesus Christ.  The Antichrist will be born a natural man, become angelically empowered, and will in no way be a hybrid angle-Satan/human.  Jesus Christ on the other hand was God eternal in a human body.   

Regarding the popular supposition that demons are the product of sexual cohabitation between angels and natural human females whose spirits were condemned to walk the earth until their final judgment, I cannot completely agree.  However, I do agree with the realistic proposition of Nephilim giants, genetic hybrid offspring of male angels and female humans.  Meanwhile with the Enoch, doctrine of these unnatural hybrids evolving into disembodied ‘Demonic Spirits’ after their death I am somewhat uncomfortable.  Even though I must admit after first reading the book of Enoch, I too thought this could be a viable possibility.  Although after further consideration the concept of Nephilims becoming Demons could not withstand the test of reasonable practical application

When we look at Biblical Scriptures and the real world itself, we see demonic presence and activity that without any question must accumulate into the excessive millions or even billions.  For instance,  

 “And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.” (Mark 5:9)  

Depending on your definition of the word 'legion', just this one man alone had approximately 6,000 demons residing within him.  Continuing, Jesus cast seven devils out of Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9).  In addition,  

 “Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” (Luke 11:26)

Today in the nation of India alone, there is an estimated 300 million plus pagan deities who are religiously worshiped in some fashion.  In addition, with today’s sinfully exploding world population of well over six billion people, with at best less than 10 percent who are actually Christians, it does not stand to reason that there were enough genetic hybrids, Nephilims, born to support Satan’s past, present and future needs for his intended plan of wickedness.  The numbers are just not there. 

We must remember, Satan as a fallen angel does not have the omnipotence or omnipresence of the Holy Spirit for indwelling his supplicants and therefore must rely on demon spirits.
 

Daniel 9:25-27 and Messiah the Prince

The question of concern is “Can we be sure that the ‘HE’ referred to in Daniel 9:27 is actually the man Antichrist?”  Besides Daniel 9:27 there are NO other Scriptures throughout the entire Bible that suggests a Seven (7) years Tribulation, Seven (7) years Pre-Tribulation Rapture or a Seven (7) years reigning man Antichrist – conversely all other eschatology purports only 31/2 years. 

Therefore, we hereby suggest that it is Yeshua Jesus the Messiah that is referenced as the 'HE' in Daniel 9:27.

Messiah the Prince (Yeshua Jesus) came to fulfill the Abrahamic Covenant with the Jews first, and thus by His ‘Cutting Off’ death He did also by de facto means ‘Cut a Covenant’.  The Hebrew essence of the word Karath is the ‘cutting off/cutting down of the life of the sacrificed’, in the Making of a Covenant. 

karath, Hebrew 3772, Strong’s
karath,
kaw-rath'; a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, origin by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) :- be chewed, be con- [feder-] ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ([covenant]), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.

This is exactly what Jesus did by shedding His own Blood in fulfillment of the eternal Abrahamic Covenant (the coming Promised Seed) with the Jews. 

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. (Mark 14:24)

Daniel 9:26-27 further describes the personal characteristics of the prophesied coming Messiah by declaring that He would confirm the 'Cut Off Covenant' with the Jews, but He would not be a wealthy political or military leader.  Therefore, the part of Daniel 9:26 that reveals the Messiah would be cut off but not for himself: is NOT correctly transliterated in the KJV.  The 'but not for himself' in the actual Hebrew texts reads v'ayn lo, and literally means "he has nothing" or "he shall have nothing".  This prophecy was intended as a warning to the Jews not to expect their coming Messiah Prince to be a rich ruler, but by contrast to look for a coming Prince that would fit the description of Jesus.  Scripture reveals,  

Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. (Matthew 21:5)  

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. 9:9)  

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Luke 9:58)

In addition, the Hebrew word for Confirm 'gabar' further reveals characteristics of Jesus in its meaning which suggests the coming Messiah would be a strong, brazen  'Insolent' individual who would 'Strengthen' through His utilization of the forceful power of the Holy Spirit the Abrahamic Covenant.  When we review some of the statements that Jesus declared to both the Sadducees and the Pharisees we see His insolent character and disdain for traditionally held Jewish beliefs.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Matthew 12:34)

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
(Matthew 23:33)  

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. (Mark 7:13)

Going forward, there appears to be a clear conflict between suggesting that the ‘he’ of Daniel 9:27 is referring to a seven (7) years Antichrist, whereas in Revelation chpt. 13, it is recorded that the Antichrist will exist for only a period of 31/2 years.   

Therefore, I suggest that Yeshua Jesus Himself fulfilled the first half of Daniel’s 70th Week whenever He was ‘Cut Off’ in the middle of the week, from among the living, following His 31/2 years ministry to the Jews and His subsequent crucifixion.  Following His death AFTER Daniel’s 69th Week, at 691/2 Weeks Daniel’s prophetic time clock stopped with the remaining 31/2 years to start again at the beginning of the ‘Great Tribulation’ following the ‘revealing’ of the man Antichrist as stated in 2 Thes. 2:3.  

Meanwhile, after Jesus was ‘CUT OFF’ in the Middle of the Week by His own people, experiencing crucifixion He fulfilled the Mosiac Covenant and thereby brought to an end God’s required necessity of a Holy Temple and a Daily Sacrifice.  

To this end, in Daniel 9:27 it reveals the reason Jesus ended the Mosiac Law was because “...of the overspreading of abomination(s) he shall make it desolate...” Please do NOT confuse the ‘abomination(s)’ of Daniel 9:27 with the ‘abomination that maketh desolate’ of Daniel 11:31, 12:11 and Matthew 24:15.  The former is referring to pluralistic sinful behavioral actions by the Jews while the latter refers to a singular pagan idol object that was placed in the Temple during the reign and invasion of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes.  However, this event prophetically will once again take place, as prophesied by Jesus in Mat. 24:15, when a newly created idol god of the Antichrist's choosing will be erected in the rebuilt Jewish Temple.    

Nonetheless, the Jews unyielding sinfulness and baseless traditions had turned the added Mosiac Covenant into continual acts of abominations in a flagrant affront against God’s commandments.  Angrily, Jesus declared when entering the Holy Temple, 

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. (Matthew 21:13)

Thus, as stated earlier, Jesus’ death ended the Mosiac Covenant (Not the eternal Abrahamic Covenant of which we ourselves are heirs) and the necessity of the Daily Sacrifice.  Thus, the only thing left for God to then do was to ‘destroy the unnecessary Temple’ – “even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”  This was accomplished following the Jewish Revolt in 67 A.D. against the Romans, resulting in Titus Caesar destroying both Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in 70 A.D.   

We must understand the future pagan Temple that will be rebuilt for the Antichrist by the Jews in Jerusalem before the Great Tribulation begins (last half of Daniel’s 70th Week) will be repugnant to God and an affront to the finished work of the Cross of Christ.  Therefore, neither God nor Jesus will have any part in the Jews misguided attempt to reinstitute the finished Mosiac Covenant and the Temple’s Daily Sacrifice.  

Once again, the Messiah’s ‘Cutting Off’ in the middle of Daniel’s 70th Week ‘Stopped’ the prophetic clock, which will not restart again until the beginning of the eschatological ‘Great Tribulation’ as described in the Book of Revelation – the last 31/2 years of Daniel’s 70th.  

The start of the last half of Daniel’s prophetic Week will resume with Jesus once again ‘CONFIRMING’ the Abrahamic Covenant with the Jewish people for the very last 31/2 years prior to the battle of Armageddon.  This confirmation will be fulfilled and ratified by the ‘Two Witnesses’ in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation while the beloved Holy City is being trodden under foot by the Gentiles. 

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. [3] And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (Rev. 11:2-3) 

A note of caution, we must be careful as to the prophetic placement of these ‘Two Witness’ and not place their ministries outside the construct of the last half of Daniel’s 70th Week in order to suggest a ‘seven (7)’ years Tribulation.  These two men will be given extraordinary powers to Confirm the Abrahamic Covenant (for which Jesus was the Promised Seed to come) with Jerusalem’s Jews and resist the Beast/Antichrist.  Meanwhile, their safety and protection will be guaranteed by Jesus until they have finished their 31/2 years ministry – “And I will give power unto my two witnesses...”  To this end, John the Revelator was told that the ‘Spirit of Prophecy’ is none other than, 

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev. 19:10)

Moreover, the Confirmation of the Abrahamic Covenant to the eschatological Jews does not limit itself by no means to the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem only.  There is a far more important group of Jews who will be directly under the Divine support and protection of God/Jesus/Holy Spirit Themselves – the Woman (national Israel) who will flee the Dragon into the wilderness for the final half of Daniel’s 70th Week.  It is here that the Confirmation of the Abrahamic Covenant declaring Salvation to the Jews by and through the Blood of the ‘Promised Covenant Seed’ Yeshua Jesus will have its greatest impact.   

Can we honesty imagine that God/Jesus will personally and divinely cloth, nourish and protect these ‘Remnant Jews’ for 31/2 years without declaring Jesus as the Confirmed Abrahamic Seed unto them?   

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: (Romans 15:8)

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. (Mark 14:24)

If as Isaiah suggests, that perhaps as many as 1/3 of all the Jews will flee from the Dragon Satan and the Beast/Antichrist into the wilderness seeking God’s Divine protection, then that could reach a conservative estimate of nearly 1 to 2 million Jews – What a Revival!!!  

Of course, we will not be here to see this because of our previous ‘Pre-Great Tribulation Rapture’ marking the onset of the last half of Daniel’s 70th Week.  

In addition, the Book of Revelation is NOT predicated upon seven (7) years, but rather to phases of time with one being unspecified and the other being specific.  The former unspecified is comprised of a number of Seals broken and Trumpets blown and the latter a distinct and specific 31/2 years hence, last half of Daniel’s 70th Week.  

Therefore, we cannot be certain as to the amount of time for which the first phase of the Trumpets and Seals exists, we do not know when or if the four angelic horseman of Apocalypse has/will roll out.  Thus, we cannot with any degree of accuracy suggest a seven (7) years Tribulation, etc, etc.  We are therefore left to ‘Watch’ for the Signs, the opening Seals and the blowing Trumpets. 

Thus, when we view the Messiah and the complete fulfillment of the Mosiac Law (NOT the eternal Abrahamic Covenant) as the focus of Daniel 9:24-27, it makes more sense than to project some 2000 years into the future, and interject an Antichrist at this particular point.   

As a fervent student of Bible Prophecy, I cannot stress enough, upon the correct transliteration of this ONE (Daniel 9:27) Scripture hangs all the doctrine of ‘a seven (7) years Tribulation, a Pre-Tribulation Rapture, and a seven (7) years reigning man Antichrist.’  Whether we are right or wrong as to the proper transliteration regarding these concerned Scriptures makes no difference as to our Eternal relationship with Yeshua Jesus, but to be wrong here and misinterpret these two Passages is to forfeit a true understanding of Biblical eschatology.  Are there any other Scriptures throughout the entirety of the Bible that suggests a 7 years Tribulation, etc, etc?   

I too once, not long ago, believed in a seven (7) years Tribulation, etc, etc., and published and taught as much.  However, while I know it is meaningless to others, were it not for a brief eschatological dream I too would have never questioned this wide spread traditional view and began to search the Scriptures to find true validity.  The illusion of the seven (7) years Tribulation, etc., etc. is so well disguised; unless one becomes as the Bereans and searches the Scriptures you will never see it, and this doctrine’s confrontational foundation is rooted in the unfortunate mistranslation of Daniel 9:26-27 and mainly the precise usage of the word Prince or prince.

Here is a bit of food for thought.  There will never be another event that will ever grab ‘Global’ attention like that of the Resurrection of the Dead in Christ and the Rapture of the Church.  When people see their loved ones vanish in front of their own eyes, and graveyards look like a proverbial war zone, SOMEONE with enormous powers of deception will have to IMMEDIATELY (not some 31/2 years latter) step onto the global scene to explain with power to a frantically panicked population what has just happened.  Enter the massive delusional powers of Dragon Satan and his cohorts cast out of heaven unto the earth, the Beast released from the Abyss, and the man Antichrist.  

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Matthew 24:24)

Once again, in summary Jesus did indeed come to ‘Confirm – strengthen/ratify’ the eternal Abrahamic Covenant with the Jews for a final Week but was Cut Off in the middle of that week.  As a result, His work of the Cross fulfilled the Mosaic Law (Old Covenant) and the daily Sacrifice and Oblation as prescribed under the Mosaic Covenant came to a completed end. 

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: (Romans 15:8)

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (Hebrews 10:12) 

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Matthew 9:13)   

As stated, Jesus Confirmed in a bold way the Abrahamic Covenant with many Jewish people for the 31/2 years of His ministry. 

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matthew 15:24)   

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. (Galatians 3:15)  

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. (Galatians 3:17)

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (Hebrews 8:6)  

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (Hebrews 8:7)

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: (Hebrews 8:8)  

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matthew 26:28)  

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. (Mark 14:24)

In closing, Jesus will resume to Confirm the Abrahamic Covenant with the Jews, following the beginning of the coming Rapture event with the Firstfruits 144,000 Jews.  During the Great Tribulation, last 31/2 years of Daniel’s 70th Week, Jesus will confirm the covenant with the Woman who flees into the wilderness (Israel) (Rev. 12:6).  In addition, as stated earlier, He will continue the proclamation of God’s plan and the Abrahamic Covenant to the remaining Jews in Jerusalem/Israel that will be proclaimed by His ‘Two Witnesses’ (Rev. 11:3). 

To this end, I suggest there cannot be a ‘Seven Years Tribulation nor Seven Years Antichrist’, which only exists as a result of an unfortunate misinterpretation of Daniel 9:27, and has no other Scriptural support, but rather the last 31/2 years of Daniel’s 70th Week yet remains to be prophetically fulfilled.   


The Rapture
 

I now present the last, but what I think is the best, bit of information on the subject regarding 'the dream'

'At that time, feeling trapped I became very frightened and concerned that the serpent in the room would eventually hunt me down and strike at me. Exiting the room via the door passage never entered my mind and did not seem to be a viable option.    Then, immediately following this perception of fear, my body began to levitate (rapture) to the top ceiling area of the room at the southeast corner.  I then looked down from the ceiling on the serpent and the woman, and awoke from the dream with much bewilderment.' 

When faced with the inevitable deadly threat of being struck by the Python, I escaped through the power of Jesus Christ in His Rapture

"Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:54)

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." (Luke 21:36)

This Scripture is a plain reference of the 'rapture', which reveals that some will be escaping all the terrible events mentioned in Luke 21:25-28.  If this Scripture does not refer to the rapture, then how could those counted worthy go to stand before Jesus?  This ideal of the rapture is continued in John14:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18?

Throughout Scripture, the Jewish Feasts were and will be God’s prophetic ‘Time Clock’ for futuristic events, which began to unfold with the death of Yeshua Jesus at Calvary/Passover. 

It is to this premise that I submit another essential component as to the governing of how these past and future events, occurring in relation to the Feasts, correlate with God’s eternal Covenant with Abraham.  Ever since Abraham’s Covenant with God Yahweh the order of prophetic events have been consistent with the following: 

“But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: (Romans 2:10)  

Whenever we analyze historical Biblical events we see that the ‘Good News Gospel’ of Yeshua came to the Jew ‘First’. 

“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15:24)  

Yeshua Jesus became the ‘Firstfruit from the Dead’ and was immediately followed by some of the old Saints (Secondfruits), that arose an entered into the Holy City Jerusalem. 

“And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” (Matthew 27:53)  

It must be noted that the term ‘Firstfruit’ implies within the word itself, there must be a secondfruit, thirdfruit, etc., hence the Saints that arose from the dead and entered Jerusalem...  Comparatively this concept is seen in the First Resurrection and the Second Resurrection.   

However, in the mind of God it is imperative that His promised Covenant with Abraham is never violated.  According to Scripture, all of those who have ever risen as Yeshua Jesus from the dead, up to the present, have been Messianic Jews, hence, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.  Thus, the promise being kept, then the next event of ‘Fruits from the Dead’ can be generalized, both Jew and Gentile, and is evidenced at the blowing of the Seventh Trumpet in the Book of Revelation.    

“And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.” (Rev. 11:18)  

Going forward, at the Feast of Pentecost in the ‘Upper Room’ the ‘Firstfruits of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit’ was according to God’s Covenant with Abraham and were again Messianic Jews, hence, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.  This event was/has been followed by many subsequent ‘Fruits of the Spirit Baptism’ of both Jew and Gentile alike, even until this present day. 

To this end, herein lies a major mystery and concern.  According to Biblical Scripture, there has NEVER YET been a recorded ‘Rapture’ as revealed by Apostle Paul, hence, the ‘Firstfruits Caught Up’ (Changed - Raptured). 

“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” (1 Cor. 15:52)  

Why would God now, regarding a Rapture, choose to violate His eternal Abrahamic Covenant - to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile?  

Thus, we see in the Book of Revelation that the promise is kept in with the 144,000 Messianic Jews at the blowing of the 7th Trumpet in the Middle of Daniel’s 70th Week - onset of the Great Tribulation.  

“And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered...    And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. (Rev. 12:2-5)  

Who are these mysterious 144,000 Messianic Jews raptured in the Middle of Daniel’s 70th Week? 

“These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits [Jews] unto God and to the Lamb. (Rev. 14:4)  

These 144,000 Messianic Jews referred to in the above Scripture are of the Male gender and immediately following the description of the 144,000 Messianic Jews it is declared "...These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth."  Thus, the purity and virginity of these Jews is their having never bowed their knees to any of Mystery Babylon's harlot children. 

These are God’s ‘Reserved Remnant Messianic Jews of National Israel’ which are the ‘Firstfruits Caught Up’ in the Middle of Daniel’s 70th Week (to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile) and are shortly thereafter followed by the mixed group of second ‘Caught Up Fruits’ – both Jew and Gentile alike.  This concept of God reserving Jews unto Himself is seen in Yahweh’s response to the Prophet Elijah.

“Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.” (1 Kings 19:18)  

Herein is a Great Truth, these 144,000 Messianic Jews are sealed at the ‘BEGINNING’ of the 7 year Tribulation period before the 7 Trumpets ever begin to blow. 

“Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. (Rev. 7:3)  

Therefore, it begs the question, if these 144,000 Messianic Jews are as ‘Pure’ as God Yahweh declares them to be at the BEGINNING of the 7-year Tribulation period, (and reading their characteristics they have been Pure Virgins), why were they not taken in the alleged Pre-Tribulation Rapture – hence, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile? 

Continuing, with regard to the Tribulation ‘144,000 Messianic Jews’ as the Firstfruits of the Rapture of the Church, we must consider the following Scriptural evidence. 

“I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. [2] God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, [3] Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. [4] But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. [5] Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” (Romans 11:1-5)  

From this passage, we see that God has always reserved to Himself a ‘remnant’ of faithful Jews. 

“For if the firstfruit [Jews] be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. [17] And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree...” (Romans 11:16-17)
 

“And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.” (Romans 11:23)

 

“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” (Romans 11:25)  

One of the greatest misconceptions facing the Church today is the doctrine of ‘Replacement Theology’ – the Jews are totally broken off and the Gentiles have replaced them.  This theology has no regard for God's reserved remnant.  

Therefore, as stated earlier, the order of prophetic events has always been as Apostle Paul revealed, 

“But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:” (Romans 2:10)  

Biblical history documents the following events in relation to the eternal Abrahamic Covenant: 

                  The Messiah Jesus Christ – a Jew
                      
The ‘Firstfruits’ to receive the Gospel of Salvation – Messianic Jews
                       
The ‘Firstfruit(s) from the Dead – Messianic Jews
                       
The ‘Firstfruits of the Church – Messianic Jews
                       
The ‘Firstfruits of the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit  – Messianic Jews 

Why would the order of the Firstfruits of the Rapture of the Church be any different? 

Swiftly following the revelation of the man Antichrist, and as stated earlier, the general resurrection of the Dead in Christ, is the rapture of the '144,000 Firstfruit Messianic Jews'  followed by the 'General Rapture' of both Jews and Gentiles (Church), marking the horrifying onset of the 'Great Tribulation'.  This event occurs in Biblical Scripture just as would be expected – following the sounding of the 7th Trumpet and the rapture of the 144,000 Messianic Jews. 

"And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. [15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe [xeraino - withered]. [16] And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped." (Rev. 14:14-16)  

Here we see the Son of Man, Yeshua Jesus, sitting on a white cloud with a golden crown ready to reap and shout for the rapture of His withered harvest (Church).  The Greek word for 'ripe' and its definition in the above Scripture is as follows: 

xeraino, Greek 3583, Strong’s

xeraino, xay-rah'ee-no; from Greek 3584 (xeros); to desiccate; by implication to shrivel, to mature :- dry up, pine away, be ripe, wither (away). 

It is worth noting, the Greek word 'xeraino' (dried up/withered) applied as a descriptive term for the condition of the latter day Church, is only used here (Rev. 14:15), throughout the entirety of the New Testament.  To this end, the concept of Christ coming to rapture a 'Withered' Church cannot be ignored according to what Apostle Paul had earlier prophesied regarding this coveted 'rapture' event. 

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition..." (2 Thes. 2:3)  

While as Christians, we may find the association between the term ‘withered’ and the latter day Church distasteful, Apostle Paul’s prophecy will nonetheless come true, and is being evidenced even today.  Therefore, when analyzing the above passage we see that Apostle Paul revealed that before the 'Day of Christ' could come, there would have to be two conditions met 1st a Falling Away (apostasia) of the Church, and 2nd the Man of Sin revealed (Antichrist).  

Going forward, in the above Scripture (Rev. 14:15), we see that another angel comes out of the Temple of God in Heaven crying out to Son of Man (Yeshua Jesus)  that it is time for Him to 'Rapture His Withered Church'.  

"And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [withered]" (Rev. 14:15)

One then must ask the question, "Why will another angel come out of the Temple of God in Heaven at that moment and declare to Yeshua that it is time for Him to 'Rapture His Withered Church'?"  Jesus Himself gives us the answer when He was responding to a question asked by Peter, James, John and Andrew concerning His Coming.  In the following passage, Jesus reveals that no one other than the Father knows of the timing of this event. 

"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." (Mark 13:32)

For additional understanding about the rapture, we need to understand the last three fall feasts of ancient Israel.  The 'Seven Feasts' were given primarily to Israel by God with the Mosaic Law and were symbols of events that were to be fulfilled under a 'better covenant', which typified the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, as well as the Christian experience. 

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: [17] Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." (Col. 2:16-17)

In addition, it must be stressed that these seven feasts have their fulfillment in the Jewish feastal calendar rather than in the Jewish civil calendar.  The first month of the feastal calendar was the month of Abib and the seventh month of this same calendar was Tishri.  However, the civil calendar was just the opposite.  Tishri was the beginning month and Abib was the seventh month.            

The feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits were all fulfilled by Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.  The Feast of Pentecost, which occurred fifty days later, prefigured the Holy Spirit's outpouring in Acts chapter 2.  Between these four feasts and the Feast of Trumpets was a long interval (four months) in which the harvest was gathered.  This period represents the Church age during which the body of Christ will be completed (Rom. 11:25).

The next three feasts after Pentecost are the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashana), Day of Atonement (Yom Kipper), and the Feast of Tabernacles (Succoth).  When the trumpet sounds the Church will be caught up (1 Thess. 4:16-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-52) and Israel will be regathered fulfilling the Feast of Trumpets.  However, the Feast of Trumpets has a clear correlation to the sounding of the 'Seventh Trumpet' (Rev. 11:15-18) in the middle of Daniel's 70th. Week, or at the marking of the onset of the 'Great Tribulation – last 3˝ years of the seven-year Tribulation period.  The Day of Atonement for Israel will be fulfilled when, at the end of the seven-year Tribulation, Christ returns and Israel accepts Him as their Messiah.

It must be noted, the Feast of Trumpets was established by God to take place exactly at the rising of the New Moon on the first day of the month of Tishri.  As such, in order for the new month to begin, the Sanhedrin (highest Jewish Court) would have to declare 'Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hashana, which literally means 'Head of the Month.'   The Talmud therefore refers to the process of declaring a New Moon as 'Sanctifying the New Moon.'

Rosh Hashana could only be declared, after two witnesses had come to the Sanhedrin, and testified that they had seen the New Moon (a little crescent of the moon beginning to show) during the previous night.  It was from this practice that all of the other dates of the annual Jewish feastal calendar were established.

Referring back to the sounding of the 'Seventh Trumpet' (Feast of Trumpets) we not only see the rapture of the church, but the unfortunate release of the fallen angel Artemis (New Moon goddess - Queen of Heaven - female expression/manifestation of the male Apollo/Apollyon) from the bottomless pit.  Now begins the wrath of God and Satan and the Great Tribulation.

"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." (Rev. 12:12)

In relation to the events of the last days of pagan Jerusalem (Mystery Babylon), under the demonic control of Apollyon/Artemis ('Queen of Heaven – Moon god/goddess') and the Antichrist, in correlation with the 'blowing of the Seven Trumpets', prophesied by John the Revelator, there is no greater example than the satanic practices of the ancient Biblical city of 'Jericho'.

According to Biblical scholars, the name Jericho is most likely derived from the Hebrew word 'Yerah', meaning Moon or month or New Moon.   Early inhabitants of Jericho in all likelihood worshiped the Moon god/goddess, whom they believed controlled the cycles of the moon and therefore the agricultural seasons.

In an additional comparison with Jerusalem, Jericho was the home of Rahab, a prostitute (harlot) who played a critical role in Joshua's conquest of the city.  According to Scripture, she occupied a house upon the city wall, where she gave lodging to the two spies sent into Jericho by Joshua on a reconnaissance mission.  She hid the spies under stalks of flax on the roof, and when questioned by the king’s soldiers concerning the two men she told them that they had already left the city.  For her part in helping the two spies to escape, Rahab was granted the promise that she and her family would be spared when Joshua's army attacked her city.

To this end, when Joshua stormed into Jericho, Rahab moved her entire family inside her house where she left a 'scarlet chord' hanging from her window, as had been agreed upon between her and the two spies, to signify to the Israelite soldiers that they were not to harm anyone inside the house.  Rahab and her family survived the destruction of Jericho, where she continued her life among the Israelites.
 

Herein lies a great symbolism, just as Rahab the harlot and all her family escaped the impending doom of the pagan Moon city of Jericho, by Joshua's army, through her faith in the 'Scarlet Cord', following the blowing of the 'Seventh Trumpet', such will be the case of God's Church.  They also shall escape (rapture) the destroying wrath (Great Tribulation) of God, Satan, Apollyon and the Antichrist, upon the earth and Mystery Babylon (fallen Jerusalem) through their faith in the 'Scarlet Cord'- the shed blood of Yeshua Jesus, following the blowing of the 'Seventh Trumpet'.         

Regarding the destruction of Jericho Scripture records Joshua was commanded by God that,

"...seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. [5] And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast [the seventh blast] with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him." (Joshua 6:4-5)

This perfectly describes the events associated with the blowing of the 'Seventh Trumpet' in the Book of Revelation.

"But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets." (Rev. 10:7)

"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever." (Rev. 11:15)

"And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; [rapture] and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." (Rev. 11:18)

Following the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet in the middle of Daniel's 70th. Week, Satan and his angels will be cast out of Heaven, and the Woman (Israel) will bring forth the 'man-child' (144,000 – first Jewish fruits of the rapture of Church, Rev. 14:4).  

"And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: [27] And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father." (Rev. 2:26-27)

Israel will then flee from Satan under God's protection into the wilderness where she will be supported and remain for 3˝ years, Rev. 12.  Thus marking the beginning of the time of 'Great Wrath or Great Tribulation', poured out from both God (Seven Vial Judgments) and Satan upon the inhabitants of earth, especially the capital of Apollyon and the Antichrist - Mystery Babylon (fallen Jerusalem).

"And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:" (Rev. 6:16)

"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." (Rev. 12:12)

Just as Joshua under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God cursed the city of Jericho and anyone who would ever rebuild it, so shall 'Mystery Babylon' (Unholy Jerusalem) be cursed by God to never rise again in her fallen pagan condition.

"And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it." (Joshua 6:26)

"Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. [21] And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all... And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Rev. 18:20-21, 24)

Joshua declared that the man who would rebuild Jericho would lose his firstborn when the foundation was laid and he would lose his younger son when he set up the gates.  In addition, the Hebrew word for 'adjured', shaba, means,

to be complete; to 'seven' oneself (that is, swear by repeating a declaration seven times); adjure; charge by an oath; take an oath (Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chron. 18:15). Joshua imposed a solemn oath—binding to both his people and their posterity—that they would never rebuild Jericho. It was to be an eternal monument of God's abhorrence of idolatry.

It cannot be overstated, that the sounding of a 'Trumpet ' throughout the history of Israel was God's prescribed method of calling His people together and, "Warning them of impending danger - hence, the Seven Trumpets of Revelation prior to the advent of God's and Satan's wrath - year Great Tribulation."

Just as the 'two witnesses' on the Feast of Trumpets would proclaim to the Sanhedrin that they had seen a new moon rising, so will the 'Two Witnesses' of God soon declare that a 'New Moon' (Beast Out of the Abyss) has risen over fallen Jerusalem (spiritual New Moon City – Mystery Babylon).

Meanwhile, between the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Atonement is a period of 10 days, which to the Jewish people is deemed the 'days of Awe'.  It is during this time one is to prepare for the final judgment of God on the cleansing Day of Atonement.  We see this 10-day scenario in Rev. 2:8-11 where Apostle John writes:

"And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;... [10] Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life..."

There were only two out of the seven Churches mentioned by John in the Book of Revelation that were without fault – Smyrna and Philadelphia. 

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;... [10] Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth... " (Rev. 3:7-13)

From this it can be suggested, that Smyrna typifies believers during the Great Tribulation and Philadelphia is synonymous with believers during the Church age leading up to the rapture.

The final Feast of Tabernacles will occur during the millennial reign of Christ when God literally comes to earth to 'Tabernacle among his people'.

"And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory." (Exodus 29:43)

"And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God." (Exodus 29:45)

In addition, when we look at the concept of the ‘middle of a week’, we find that God created the Moon, etc. on the ‘fourth day of the week’.  The fourth day of course being the median day between one and seven, 

“And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also... And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.” (Genesis 1:16-19)  

Continuing, we find that Jesus who truthfully proclaimed Himself to be the resurrection (John 11:25), purposely waited until Lazarus died, and then raised him to life again on the ‘fourth day’ marking the middle of Lazarus’ first week of death. 

“Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.” (John 11:39)  

Moreover, God made the lights in heaven for signs (no doubt signifying both good and bad) and seasons.  Hence, the rising of the New Moon on the Feast of Trumpets in the middle of Daniel's 70th. Week will signal the release of the Moon god/goddess Apollyon from the Abyss and herald the resurrection/rapture of the dead in Christ. 

If what I have seen in the dream and revealed in this little book is true, the coming of our Lord is close at hand.  However, my rapture did not occur until I had seen the woman call the Beast out of the bottomless pit.  So what does this mean?  Contrary to popular opinion, There will not be a rapture at the beginning of the 'Seven Year Tribulation' known as the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, but just moments after the revelation of the Antichrist and the Beast Queen Out of the Abyss, marking the beginning of the 'Great Tribulation'.     

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ..." (1 Thessalonians 5:9)

In the book of II Thessalonians, we find that while the Church is a great restrainer of the coming Antichrist the absolute restrainer is God through His Holy Spirit.  However, the 'Spirit of Iniquity', which was already at work during Paul's day was and has been eating away continually at the Church like a cancer.

"For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way." (2 Thes. 2:7)

Apostle John testified to this same lawless spirit, when he declared,

"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." (1 John 4:3)

Apostle Paul revealed that the 'Day of Christ' would not come without the fulfillment of two conditions,

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;" (2 Thes. 2:3)

Therefore, there must be an apostasy of the Church and the revelation of the man Antichrist before the rapture of the Body of Christ.  It only stands to reason, as the cancer of Church apostasy grows greater the restraining power of the Church grows weaker.  Fewer believers can only mean fewer temples for the Holy Spirit to dwell within and war through.  Thus, at a predetermined point of Church weakness the Antichrist will emerge on the scene in Jerusalem and shortly thereafter the Body of Christ will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.  This will occur at the blowing of the Seventh Trumpet (Rev. 11:18) marking the beginning of the last 3˝ years of Tribulation, better known as the Great Tribulation.

The Greek text for II Thessalonians 2:6-7 reads as follows,

6kai <2532> {AND} nun <3568> {NOW} to <3588> {THE} katecon <2722> (5723) {RESTRAINED} oidate <1492> (5758) {KNOWN,} eiV <1519> to <3588> {FOR} apokalufqhnai <601> (5683) {TO BE REVEALED} auton <846> {HIM} en <1722> {IN} tw <3588> eautou <1438> {HIS OWN} kairw <2540> {TIME.}

7to <3588> gar <1063> {FOR THE} musthrion <3466> {MYSTERY} hdh <2235> {ALREADY} energeitai <1754> (5731) thV <3588> {WORKS} anomiaV <458> {OF LAWLESSNESS;} monon <3440> {ONLY]} o <3588> {HE IS} katecwn <2722> (5723) {RESTRAINED} arti <737> {AT PRESENT} ewV <2193> {UNTIL} ek <1537> {OUT OF]} mesou <3319> {MIDST} genhtai <1096> (5638) {ARISES,}

The above Scripture is intended to reveal the Church continuing its restraint of the Antichrist until through its 'Apostasy' it becomes weakened.  The word 'taken', Greek 'ginomai', is not to be understood in any way as 'caught up or snatched out' but rather to  'come into existence, arise, come forth, etc.  In addition, the word 'way', Greek 'mesos' is intended to be 'midst or middle'.  We thus have the following,

"And now the restrained known, for him to be revealed in his own time.  For the mystery already works of lawlessness; only he is restrained at present until out of midst arises."  

Regarding the doctrine of a 'Pre-Tribulation Rapture' I submit the following.  I am going to forgo all the peripheral Scriptures of analogical illusions and figurative parallels to the Rapture and go straight to critical passages regarding the foundation principals for the ‘Pre-Tribulation’ Rapture.  In 2 Thessalonians we read,   

“[3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition... (2 Thes. 2:3)  

To this end, I will use the Greek texts as a basis for analysis. 

(Greek/English Interlinear (tr) NT) 

 2 Thessalonians 2:3 | mh <3361> {NOT} tiV <5100> {ANYONE} umaV <5209> {YOU} exapathsh <1818> (5661) {SHOULD DECEIVE} kata <2596> {IN} mhdena <3367> {ANY} tropon <5158> {WAY,} oti <3754> {BECAUSE [IT WILL NOT BE]} ean <1437> mh <3361> {UNLESS} elqh <2064> (5632) {SHALL HAVE COME} h <3588> {THE} apostasia <646> {APOSTASY} prwton <4412> {FIRST,} kai <2532> {AND} apokalufqh <601> (5686) {SHALL HAVE BEEN REVEALED} o <3588> {THE} anqrwpoV <444> thV <3588> {MAN} amartiaV <266> {OF SIN,} o <3588> {THE} uioV <5207> thV <3588> {SON} apwleiaV <684> {OF PERDITION,}

 

...Not anyone you should deceive in any way, because unless shall have come the apostasy first, and shall have been revealed the Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition.

Please note that in the above Greek Scriptures all words in brackets [  ] have been added by translators for Greek to English transliteration clarity so I have highlighted them in blue. 

As stated earlier, according to Apostle Paul, there are two conditions, not three, that must be met before the ‘Day of Christ’ (Rapture) can come.  In addition, the little conjoining word ‘and’ must be considered which links the two prophetic conditions together.

1st – There must come an {THE} apostasia 
        ‘and’ -
Strong's Number: 2532 - Pronunciation: kai kahee - Definition: 1) and, also, even, indeed, but 
2nd – The Man of Sin (Antichrist) must be revealed  

Using Strong’s Greek Lexicon we find the following word definitions for Apostasia and Ginomai:

αποστασια      Strong's Number: 646
Pronunciation: apostasia   ap-os-tas-ee'-ah
Total Occurrences: 2
KJV Word Usage: to forsake (1) + 575 , falling away (1)
feminine of the same as 647 ; TDNT-1:513,88; n f

Definition:
1) feminine of the same as apostasion - apostasion 647; defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy"):--falling away, forsake.

The Greek word ‘Apostasion’ is defined as a - neuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of afisthmi - aphistemi 868; properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce:--(writing of) divorcement.

For myself, when I thoroughly researched the Greek word Apostasia I found that nowhere in any dictionary does this word ever imply a positive connotation, but rather a negative.  There is no mention at all in any derivation that remotely suggest this word could have a truncated joyous positive ‘departure’ meaning, such that could support a claim of a translation and transformation of physical bodies, souls and spirits from one world to another, hence, Rapture.  This has to do with a defection from a mental ideology.

How can we as faithful students of the Bible look at the above word definitions, as well as the context of the word itself, and ever arrive at a celebrated positive definition of departure for this word.  The word actually shows and means a Defection as a negative form of departure.  The word is derived from the Greek word Apostasion, denoting ‘Divorce’, and clearly reveals another negative connation.  

The transliterated English word ‘Depart’ is used no less than 38 times throughout the New Testament, and in no single circumstance, is the word ever deployed as the Greek word ApostasiaIn addition, the transliterated English word ‘Departing’ is used six times in the New Testament, and once again, not a single occurrence as Apostasia.

Therefore, the final summation regarding this Greek word shows a clear defection from what was once believed.  However, sadly it has been totally redefined as an unprecedented positive departing from the earth (rapture)– forced to fit a misguided doctrinal translation.  If we are going to change the historically established definitions of the Greek words, written in the NT without even supporting context, just to fit a supposition then where does it stop?  

The Greek word Apostasia occurs only twice throughout the NT (2 Thes. 2:3; Acts 21:21) and in both cases it means defection from an ideology in a negative connation and never a positive catching away or a rapture of human beings. 

Turning now to the Greek word ‘Ginomai’ that is implied to be ‘taken out’ or ‘gone’ we see the following word definitions.

γινομαι      Strong's Number: 1096
Pronunciation: ginomai    ghin'-om-ahee
Total Occurrences: 678
KJV Word Usage: be (255) , come to pass (82) , be made (69) , be done (63) , come (52) , become (47) , God forbid (15) + 3361 , arise (13) , have (5) , be fulfilled (3) , be married to (3) , be preferred (3) , not tr (14) , misc (4) , vr done (2)


a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; TDNT-1:681,117; v

Definition:
1) to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
2) to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen
2a) of events
3) to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
3a) of men appearing in public
4) to be made, finished
4a) of miracles, to be performed, wrought
5) to become, be made 

What is clearly implied in the above definitions for the Greek word ginomai’, is something that is about to come into being, or existence.  Therefore, a careful reading of the text reveals Apostle Paul was prophesying to the Thessalonians that ‘The Apostasy’ that was occurring even in their day would continue, and grow worse the closer the revelation of the Antichrist became. 

Thus, the absolute ‘restrainer’ (Holy Spirit) will continue to restrain the mysterious lawlessness through the Church even up to the appointed time when, 'Out of the Midst between the warring factions of the Church/Holy Spirit and the Mystery of Iniquity, the Antichrist will come forth (arise).'

Therefore, a paraphrased reading would be, “The Holy Spirit who now restrains iniquity will continue His restraint through the Body of Christ up until the appointed time, when out of the midst the Antichrist will appear.” 

Clearly, the above Greek word ‘ginomai’ has nothing to denote regarding a joyous ‘departure or leaving’ of some entity, but rather the negative emergence or coming into existence of something or someone, resulting from the weakness Apostasia of the restraining force.  Notice the old Greek text below and note what has been added to ‘He Be’ (come into existence),  

...{UNTIL} ek <1537> {OUT OF [THE]} mesou <3319> {MIDST} genhtai <1096> (5638) {HE BE [GONE],} 

We must remember that the men who transliterated the KJV Bible, as well as other Bibles, from the Greek Manuscripts were fallible natural men just as you and I.  While the definitions of the Greek words are historically well documented and established it is incumbent upon the reader/translator to choose from among a list of alternate meanings of a particular word usage, based on its contextual use, what proper definition should apply.  We as humans cannot help but to project our own belief systems into transliterations.   

Therefore, as avid Bible students we are not to just blindly accept what these men have written.  We are commanded to search the Scriptures for the Truth.  However, when translating texts we cannot exceed predefined literal limits or everything is spiritualized away and nothing thereafter has foundation or meaning. 

For example, with each new update to the Jay P. Green, Sr. Interlinear Bible you find many new definitions are applied to existing Hebrew/Greek words.  However, these definitions come from within the authorized pool of prescribed alternate word meanings.  There are no new definition derivations. 

Returning to the two conditions that Apostle Paul said must be met before the Day of Christ (Rapture) we now explore the second – the revealing of the Man of Sin (Antichrist).  Biblical Scripture is clear that the Antichrist is NOT revealed to the Jewish people until he captures Jerusalem and enters into their much beloved Temple of God,  declaring himself to be God.  This does not occur until the middle of Daniel’s 70th Week. 

In summary, please allow me to elaborate just a bit further regarding my concerns for the doctrine of an ‘Imminent Pre-Trib Rapture’

I am suggesting that the doctrine of ‘Imminent Return’ and a ‘Pre-Trib Rapture’ go hand and hand.  However, I am in NO way implying that there will not be a Rapture, only that the backbone of the Pre-Trib supporters is woven to the belief that Jesus can come to get His Church at any given moment, hence Imminent. 

Therefore, if this doctrine is valid for us today then it had to be equally valid for the early Church.  Jesus Himself declared that the Kingdom of God is comparable to a ‘mustard seed’. 

“Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? [19] It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.” (Luke 13:18-19)  

To this end, Jesus revealed that the Church (mustard seed) would grow into a ‘Great Tree’.  This being the case, if the return of Jesus was then and is now ‘Imminent’ as those who hold to the Imminent Pre-Trib view suggest, then if Jesus would have returned to get His Church immediately following His ascension to the throne of God or even at Pentecost etc., when was the prophecy of the ‘Great Tree’ to be fulfilled? 

In addition, Jesus declared to His Disciples NOT to expect His Imminent Return: 

"And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading." (Luke 19:11-15)  

"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept... After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them." (Matthew 25:5, 19)

The early Church knew that they must take the Gospel to the world before Jesus Returned. 

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:8)

Christians in Thessalonica erred when assuming the Return of Christ was Imminent. 

"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?" (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5)

The doctrine of the Pre-Trib Rapture of the Church cannot be valid for only the last three or four generations, but had to reach all the way back to the first Christian born into the Kingdom of God.  If this doctrine of an Imminent Pre-Trib Rapture be true then the infant Church (mustard seed), just as we today, had to be looking for the ‘Immediate’ return of Jesus irrespective of any prophecies yet to be fulfilled.  

Even today, most all Biblical scholars who support an Imminent Pre-Trib Rapture admit that the ‘signs’ (prophecies) of the Second Coming have only manifested themselves in the last 60 years – Israel became a nation, weapons of mass destruction, mass apostasy, global economy, etc.  

I in no way dispute the fact that the Rapture will occur and that it will come at an hour and a day that no man expects, but we as Christians are to be alert and watch for the prophetic season.

Moreover, I find the closeness of the coming of our Lord overwhelmingly exciting.  How close is His coming?  I am now nearly 49 years young and in the dream, I did not die, I was raptured.  Does this ultimately mean that I will never die, or was this just an instrument for showing me that the rapture will take place immediately following the revelation of the Beast?  You decide and you do the math.


                                                                                                          Conclusion

In closing, with regard to the research and body of thought provoking information that has been presented in this little book, from a personal perspective, I can truly say it has been both an enjoyable and enlightening experience.

Many years ago, one night while asleep I saw in a dream mysterious writing with character letters like none other I had ever seen before.  I can remember saying in my spirit, 'I did not write that' then, immediately a voice spoke within my mind and said, "I wrote it."  This was followed by a surge of electrical energy within my body.

For those who would make light of this work I reply, 'you can only write what you're given and you're only given what you're willing to write.'

There were twelve frightened men in a boat one night drifting on the Sea of Galilee, which saw Jesus coming, walking on the water.  It was the ever-curious Peter, who said, "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." As Peter ventured forth, he too was walking on the water until he became frightened by the terrifying appearance of the approaching storm and began to sink.  Since that time, many have laughed and ridiculed Peter for his lack of faith.  However, not I, because the way I see it, there were eleven other disciples present that night that did not even have the courage to get out of the boat.

The signs of the coming of our Lord are being manifested at an alarming and accelerated pace.  The silent screams of apocalyptic miseries can be heard as the foundations of the Church in America are beginning to sigh and buckle under the magnanimous 'Pythonic' stress of rebellious uncontrolled sin and sexual lust.

Meanwhile, as the spiritual henchmen of the Apollyon/Python/Artemis tighten their coils, Catholicism struggles with a priesthood of pedophiles who are remorselessly out of control.  The mother church of the Episcopalians now condones the open practice of the abominable and defiant sin of homosexuality.  This organization is beginning to 'ordain' ministers who openly practice this ungodly and repugnant behavior.  Finally, the once spiritually mighty Methodist are following suit with the ordination of a boldly admitted lesbian as a church pastor.

Quoted from a 03/01/2004 cover article written by author T. A. McMahon in The Berean Call entitled, The Seeker-Friendly Way of Doing Church, McMahon reveals the following construct and concept of today's modern 'Mega-Church'.

"Looking past the swans gliding across a mirror lake, one sees what could be mistaken for a corporate headquarters or a very upscale shopping mall. Just off the sanctuary is a large bookstore and an extensive eating area supplied by a food court with five different vendors. A jumbotron screen allows an overflow crowd or those enjoying a meal to view the proceedings in the main sanctuary. The sanctuary itself is spacious and high tech, complete with three large screens and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems for multimedia, drama, and musical presentations.

While impressive, Willow Creek is not unique among mega-churches with a reach-the-lost-through-whatever-turns-them-on mindset. Mega-churches across the country have added bowling alleys, NBA regulation basketball courts with bleachers, exercise gyms and spas, locker rooms, auditoriums for concerts and dramatic productions, and Starbucks and McDonald’s franchises—all for the furtherance of the gospel. Or so it is claimed"36

Soon and very soon, the earth will belch out the New Moon Queen (Apollyon/Artemis) of the Abyss and the true Church of God will shortly thereafter be called out to meet our Lord and Savior, Yeshua Jesus in the air.  As born again believers we need to watch and pray for the hour of the Python Queen is at hand.  He/she is sharpening his appetite and thirst for the blood and souls of the unsuspecting as he anxiously paces within the black pit of his prison, awaiting his inevitable release.

Jesus said it best when He revealed the characteristic behavior of the 'End Time' generation at His coming,

"They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all." (Luke 17:27)

As stated at the beginning of this little book, if there is any understanding that can be derived from the material and evidence presented we must give God all the praise and glory.  Alternatively, if there be any shame or blame that must fall to the writer of this text.

After having read this book you will find that you are asking yourself the question, "Will I Be Ready When The Lord Comes To Escape The Antichrist, The Beast and The Wages of My Sins?"

If you are not absolutely certain of the answer to this question, or if you are already trapped within the suffocating spiritual coils of the Python/Artemis, God's Word is your ONLY hope!

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." (John 8:36)

Regardless of what you may have been taught in the past, you will stand before the Almighty God and give an account of your deeds done while in the body, be they good or be they bad, Romans 2:6.  Moreover, there are only two choices for where you will spend eternity, Heaven or Hell, and it is YOU who will make that final choice.

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)

God gets no pleasure from sending souls to an eternal Hell, they send themselves by refusing to accept the shed Blood of Jesus Christ and by not making Yeshua their personal Lord and Savior.  DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF ENDURING ETERNAL PUNISHMENT IN A LAKE OF FIRE BY REJECTING GOD'S WORD?

Jesus made it clear when He declared,

"... Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)

Apostle Paul revealed the same,

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

I will close with a memorable quote from Apostle John when he declared, "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Rev. 22:20)

 

 

NOTES

1. Dave Hunt, T.A. McMahon, The Seduction of Christianity, Eugene OR: Harvest
House Publishers, 1985, p.54.

2. Dave Hunt, T.A. McMahon, The Seduction of Christianity, Eugene OR: Harvest
House Publishers, 1985, p.110.

3. Johanna Michaelsen, Like Lambs to the Slaughter, Harvest House Publishers,
Eugene OR: 1989, pp.93-95.

4. Wilson, Clifford, and John Weldon., Occult Shock and Psychic Forces (San Diego,
CA: Master Books, 1980).

5. Hans Ulrich Rieker, The Yoga of Light: Hatha Yoga Pradipika, New York: Seabury
Press, 1971, pp.9, 134, (emphasis added).

6. Butterworth, E. A. S. The Tree at the Navel of the Earth. Berlin: Walter de Gruyer,
1970, pp.77, 88, 134-137, 198.

7. Eliade, Mircea, Yoga: Immortality and Freedom, 2nd ed. Bollingen Series LVI.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969, pp.106-111.

8. Eliade, Mircea, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Bollingen Series
LXXVI. Princeton: Princeton University Press,1964, pp.412-414.

9. Swami Prabhavananda, Yoga and Mysticism, Hollywood, CA: Vedanta
Press, 1972, pp.18-19.

10. John White, "Kundalini and the Occult," in Kundalini Evolution and
Enlightenment
, Garden City, NY: Anchor, 1979, pp.363-64. 

11. Avalon, Serpent Power, p.12.

12. Editorial, Yoga Journal, May/June 1984, p.71.

13. Wood, Seven Schools, Theosophical Publishing House, 1973, p.14.

14. Hans Ulrich Rieker, The Yoga of Light: Hatha Yoga Pradipika, New York: Seabury
Press, 1971, p.101, (emphasis added).

15. Anjan K. Nath, Ph.D, The Myth of Manasa --- The Serpent Queen, Internet Article,
http://accessnewage.com/articles/mystic/NATH2.HTM , 1999, (emphasis added).

16. Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., Richard Miller, Ph.D., New Light on the Yoga Tradition,
Internet Interview, http://www.yrec.org/miller-gf.html, 1998, (emphasis added).

17. Gopi Krishna, Internet Extracts From Kundalini: the Evolutionary Energy in Man,
Shambhala Press, 1967, http://scienceandreligion.com/gk/kundalini_gk.htm,
(emphasis added).

18. Finis Jennings Dake, Revelation Exposed, Reprinted in USA, 1986, p.223.

19. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.21.

20. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.51.

21. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, pp.58-59.

22. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, pp.80-81, 146.

23. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.80.

24. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.128.

25. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.142.

26. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.126.

27. David Fideler, The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press, Grand
Rapids: Michigan, 1988, p.143.

28. Rabbi David Cooper, God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical
Judaism
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29. Woodroffe, Sir John, Introduction to Tantra Shastra, Madras: Ganesh and Co.,
1956, p. 12, (emphasis added).

30. Ilil Arbel, Ph.D., Shabbat Hamalka, Internet Article,
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/judaic/articles.html?/articles/s/shabbat_hamalka.html
12/05/1999; last modified 09/28/2002, (emphasis added).

31. Merrill F. Unger, Unger's Bible Dictionary, Moody Press, Chicago:IL, 1983, p.977.

32. Wikipedia, Carob Tree, Internet On-Line Encyclopedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carob

33. Aryeh Kaplan, The Bahir: Translation, Introduction and Commentary, Samuel
Weiser Inc., York Beach: Maine, 1979, p.161.

34. Ilil Arbel, Ph.D., Shabbat Hamalka, Internet Article,
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/judaic/articles.html?/articles/s/shabbat_hamalka.html
12/05/1999; last modified 09/28/2002, (emphasis added).

35. Alexander Hislop, Two Babylons, 1853 --1858, p.27. (emphasis added).

36. T. A. McMahon, The Seeker-Friendly Way of Doing Church, The Berean Call,
March 01/2004 edition.